fling

To fling something is to throw it.

• Don’t fling that at me!
• Horatio knows how to fling a frisbee.
• A student flung a book out the window. (The past tense of "fling" if "flung." )
• He got in trouble for flinging stuff out the window.
• Someone in the car ahead of us flung some garbage onto the highway.
• It’s against the law to fling garbage from your car.
• If you fling a boomerang properly it will come back to you.
• Fling it!
• Fling it with your wrist.

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When the word "fling" is a noun, it refers to a short relationship or a short-term commitment:

• Darrel had a fling with a girl who lives down the street.
• Hannah’s interest in astronomy was just a fling. She lost interest in a few months.
• Todd denied having a fling with a coworker, but his wife didn’t believe him.
• Their relationship had no meaning. It was just a fling.
• Sarah’s quick fling with bitcoin resulted in a loss of thousands of dollars.

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Published on March 6, 2018