FLING (flung)
Dictionary entry overview: What does fling mean?
• FLING (noun)
The noun FLING has 3 senses:
1. a usually brief attempt
2. a brief indulgence of your impulses
3. the act of flinging
Familiarity information: FLING used as a noun is uncommon.
• FLING (verb)
The verb FLING has 4 senses:
1. throw with force or recklessness
2. move in an abrupt or headlong manner
3. indulge oneself
4. throw or cast away
Familiarity information: FLING used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FLING (noun)
Meaning:
A usually brief attempt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fling; go; offer; whirl; crack; pass
Context examples:
he took a crack at it / I gave it a whirl
Hypernyms ("fling" is a kind of...):
attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something)
Meaning:
A brief indulgence of your impulses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
spree; fling
Hypernyms ("fling" is a kind of...):
intemperance; intemperateness; self-indulgence (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fling"):
spending spree (a brief period of extravagant spending)
Meaning:
The act of flinging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fling" is a kind of...):
throw (the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))
• FLING (verb)
Meaning:
Throw with force or recklessness
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
fling the frisbee
Hypernyms (to "fling" is one way to...):
throw (project through the air)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fling"):
flip; pitch; sky; toss (throw or toss with a light motion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Move in an abrupt or headlong manner
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
He flung himself onto the sofa
Hypernyms (to "fling" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Indulge oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
splurge; fling
Context example:
I splurged on a new TV
Hypernyms (to "fling" is one way to...):
consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Throw or cast away
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
cast aside; cast away; toss out; chuck out; discard; toss away; throw away; throw out; put away; dispose; cast out; fling; toss
Context example:
Put away your worries
Hypernyms (to "fling" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fling"):
de-access (dispose of by selling)
liquidize; sell out; sell up (get rid of all one's merchandise)
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
pension off; retire (dispose of; as of old clothes)
dump (throw away as refuse)
waste (get rid of)
junk; scrap; trash (dispose of (something useless or old))
jettison (throw away, of something encumbering)
deep-six; give it the deep six (toss out; get rid of)
unlearn (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)
close out (terminate by selling off or disposing of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
