Fling
verb
To throw something with force.
He flung his homework onto the table in rage.
Often appears as...
- fling open
- fling off
verb
To move yourself suddenly and with a lot of force.
She flung herself onto her bed in disappointment.
Often appears as...
- fling oneself into
- fling oneself onto
noun
A short period of enjoyment or wild behaviour.
They had a brief fling in the summer of 2019.
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To put something somewhere carelessly.
She flung her bag on the chair and started working.
Often appears as...
- fling down
- fling at
verb
To criticize harshly.
His speech contained a slew of accusations flung at his opposition.
Often appears as...
- fling accusations
- fling insults
verb
To throw something with force.
He flung his homework onto the table in rage.
Often appears as...
- fling open
- fling off
verb
To move yourself suddenly and with a lot of force.
She flung herself onto her bed in disappointment.
Often appears as...
- fling oneself into
- fling oneself onto
noun
A short period of enjoyment or wild behaviour.
They had a brief fling in the summer of 2019.
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To put something somewhere carelessly.
She flung her bag on the chair and started working.
Often appears as...
- fling down
- fling at
verb
To criticize harshly.
His speech contained a slew of accusations flung at his opposition.
Often appears as...
- fling accusations
- fling insults
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Intensity
Indicates a strong, often sudden action or emotion.
In a fit of anger, she flung the vase against the wall.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Motion
Used when something is thrown without care for where it lands.
He flung his coat onto the couch as he entered.
Pro Tip 1/2Intensity
Indicates a strong, often sudden action or emotion.
In a fit of anger, she flung the vase against the wall.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Motion
Used when something is thrown without care for where it lands.
He flung his coat onto the couch as he entered.
Pro Tip 1/2Intensity
Indicates a strong, often sudden action or emotion.
In a fit of anger, she flung the vase against the wall.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Motion
Used when something is thrown without care for where it lands.
He flung his coat onto the couch as he entered.
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Chinaka Hodge: What will...
and flung it back at itself, slicing space for you." Tell her the truth, how you lived in spite of crooked odds. Tell her you were brave, and always, always in the company of courage, mostly the days when you just had yourself. Tell her she was born as you were, as your mothers before, and the sisters beside them, in the age of legends, like always.
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Success, failure and the...
is objectively seen by the world as bad, and the other one is objectively seen by the world as good, but your subconscious is completely incapable of discerning the difference between bad and good. The only thing that it is capable of feeling is the absolute value of this emotional equation, the exact distance that you have been flung
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Human sperm vs. the...
to push themselves forward in a world where water feels as thick as cork. Other strategies are even stranger. Some bacteria take Batman's approach. They use grappling hooks to pull themselves along. They can even use this grappling hook like a sling shot and fling themselves forward. Others use chemical engineering.
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How to lead a...
each time with a little more empathy, a little more nuance, a little more curiosity. And our journalists and moderators work really hard to support this because it's not a debate, it's not a battle, it's not a Sunday morning talk show. It's not the flinging of talking points. It's not the stacking of memes and gifs
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Pluto 101 PIPE National...
of the universe. Nestled within the far flung Kuiper belt the dwarf planet is believed to be one of the countless celestial objects left over from the formation of the solar system. While it is one of the Kuiper belts largest bodies,
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Jedidah Isler: How I...
in the jet, shown here in white. Although the blazar system is rare, the process by which nature pulls in material via a disk, and then flings some of it out via a jet, is more common. We'll eventually zoom out of the blazar system
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The hidden network that...
our mobile work and play rely on legions of overworked computer servers, warehoused in gigantic data centers flung across the world. This is called cloud computing, and it leads to two big heat waste and bandwidth demand.
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Cute Baby Puffin Sees...
chick to you my first puff fling so this this will be the first time this puffin has seen the outside world so I'm just gonna put it in your hand there you go that's it oh look hi hi there kisi come
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Uncovering Jupiter's...
With all this gravitational power comes huge responsibility. Jupiter originally flung water into the inner solar system, creating the conditions for life on Earth. So thank you, Jupiter.
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Bill T. Jones PIPE The...
five my man fling my knee and I try to dance
Video examples
Chinaka Hodge: What will...
and flung it back at itself, slicing space for you." Tell her the truth, how you lived in spite of crooked odds. Tell her you were brave, and always, always in the company of courage, mostly the days when you just had yourself. Tell her she was born as you were, as your mothers before, and the sisters beside them, in the age of legends, like always.
Video examples
Success, failure and the...
is objectively seen by the world as bad, and the other one is objectively seen by the world as good, but your subconscious is completely incapable of discerning the difference between bad and good. The only thing that it is capable of feeling is the absolute value of this emotional equation, the exact distance that you have been flung
Video examples
Human sperm vs. the...
to push themselves forward in a world where water feels as thick as cork. Other strategies are even stranger. Some bacteria take Batman's approach. They use grappling hooks to pull themselves along. They can even use this grappling hook like a sling shot and fling themselves forward. Others use chemical engineering.
Video examples
How to lead a...
each time with a little more empathy, a little more nuance, a little more curiosity. And our journalists and moderators work really hard to support this because it's not a debate, it's not a battle, it's not a Sunday morning talk show. It's not the flinging of talking points. It's not the stacking of memes and gifs
Video examples
Pluto 101 PIPE National...
of the universe. Nestled within the far flung Kuiper belt the dwarf planet is believed to be one of the countless celestial objects left over from the formation of the solar system. While it is one of the Kuiper belts largest bodies,
Video examples
Jedidah Isler: How I...
in the jet, shown here in white. Although the blazar system is rare, the process by which nature pulls in material via a disk, and then flings some of it out via a jet, is more common. We'll eventually zoom out of the blazar system
Video examples
The hidden network that...
our mobile work and play rely on legions of overworked computer servers, warehoused in gigantic data centers flung across the world. This is called cloud computing, and it leads to two big heat waste and bandwidth demand.
Video examples
Cute Baby Puffin Sees...
chick to you my first puff fling so this this will be the first time this puffin has seen the outside world so I'm just gonna put it in your hand there you go that's it oh look hi hi there kisi come
Video examples
Uncovering Jupiter's...
With all this gravitational power comes huge responsibility. Jupiter originally flung water into the inner solar system, creating the conditions for life on Earth. So thank you, Jupiter.
Video examples
Bill T. Jones PIPE The...
five my man fling my knee and I try to dance
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Quote examples
Willa Cather
American Author
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
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Asif Kapadia
British Director
Weirdly enough, I live in London - was born there and have lived there all my life - but I hadn't made a film in London for a long time. I hadn't found the right subject. I liked going away, to some far flung place.
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Sharon Needles
American Entertainer
I don't care how many times I play 'Angry Birds.' When you have the world's cares on your shoulders and you fling those little birds at those rotten pigs, then the whole world just melts away.
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Sarah Pinborough
English Writer
I'm a lot less travelled as an adult than I was as a child, but I think living in far flung places gives you a perspective on the world and people that adds flavour to your writing.
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Nia Vardalos
Canadian Actress
I believe that there are moments in everyone's lives where a door flings open, and if you're terrified of what's on the other side, you must walk through it.
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Bradley Chicho
English Poet
Bits and pieces flung into the universe, sticking in the sky like cotton balls on a jet black velcro surface.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
We die in proportion to the words we fling around us.
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Julian Lennon
English Musician
I'm not one for flings, I can tell you that.
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Matthew Green
British Poet
Fling but a stone, the giant dies.
Quote examples
Willa Cather
American Author
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Quote examples
Asif Kapadia
British Director
Weirdly enough, I live in London - was born there and have lived there all my life - but I hadn't made a film in London for a long time. I hadn't found the right subject. I liked going away, to some far flung place.
Quote examples
Sharon Needles
American Entertainer
I don't care how many times I play 'Angry Birds.' When you have the world's cares on your shoulders and you fling those little birds at those rotten pigs, then the whole world just melts away.
Quote examples
Sarah Pinborough
English Writer
I'm a lot less travelled as an adult than I was as a child, but I think living in far flung places gives you a perspective on the world and people that adds flavour to your writing.
Quote examples
Nia Vardalos
Canadian Actress
I believe that there are moments in everyone's lives where a door flings open, and if you're terrified of what's on the other side, you must walk through it.
Quote examples
Bradley Chicho
English Poet
Bits and pieces flung into the universe, sticking in the sky like cotton balls on a jet black velcro surface.
Quote examples
Sophocles
Greek Poet
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
Quote examples
Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
We die in proportion to the words we fling around us.
Quote examples
Julian Lennon
English Musician
I'm not one for flings, I can tell you that.
Quote examples
Matthew Green
British Poet
Fling but a stone, the giant dies.
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