fling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈflɪŋ/

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  Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology

From Old Norse flengja

Noun

fling (plural flings)

1. Short, often sexual relationship.

   I had a fling with a girl I met on holiday.

2. An act of unrestrained indulgence.
3. An act of throwing, often violently.
4. An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
5. (figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").

Synonyms

• hookup

Translations

short sexual relationship

• Dutch: slippertje (nl) n
• Finnish: säätö (fi)
• French: aventure (fr) f, passade (fr) f

• German: Affäre (de) f
• Portuguese: caso (pt) m
• Spanish: aventura (es) f

Verb

fling (third-person singular simple present flings, present participle flinging, simple past and past participle flung)

1. To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [1]

     Wilkinson was struggling, sending the re-start straight into touch and flinging a pass the same way, and France then went close to the first try of the contest as Clerc took a long pass out on the left and was just bundled into touch by the corner flag.

Translations

to fling

• Arabic: صب (ar) (Sabba), رمى (ar) (rammaa), اندفع (ar) (indafa`a)
• Armenian: նետել (hy) (netel), գցել (hy) (gc’el)
• Chinese: trad. 拋, simpl. 抛 (pinyin: pāo), 投 (cmn) (tóu), trad. 鑄, simpl. 铸 (pinyin: zhù), 扔 (cmn) (rēng)
• Czech: mrštit (cs), hodit (cs)
• Dutch: smijten (nl)
• German: schleudern (de)
• Indonesian: banting, membanting

• Japanese: 投げる (なげる, nageru)
• Quechua: chuqay (qu)
• Romanian: arunca (ro)
• Russian: бросать (brosát’) impf., бросить (brósit’) pf., кидать (kidát’) impf., кинуть (kínut’) pf., метать (metát’) impf., метнуть (metnút’) pf., швырять (švyrját’) impf., швырнуть (švyrnút’) pf.
• Spanish: aventar (es), lanzar (es)