Definitions for the word "fling" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v.
(past and past part. Flung) 1 throw or hurl forcefully or hurriedly. 2 (foll. By on, off) put on or take off (clothes) carelessly or rapidly. 3 put or send suddenly or violently (was flung into jail). 4 rush, esp. Angrily (flung out of the room). 5 (foll. By away) discard rashly. n. 1 act of flinging; throw. 2 bout of wild behaviour. 3 whirling scottish dance, esp. The highland fling. [old norse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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