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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Flung \Flung\,
     imp. & p. p. of Fling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
     (fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
     flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
     furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl["a]nga to romp, Dan.
     flenge to slash.]
     1. 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.
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              'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
              Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
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              I know thy generous temper well.
              Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
              It straight takes fire.               --Addison.
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     2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
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              The sun begins to fling
              His flaring beams.                    --Milton.
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              Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
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     3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
        hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
        litigation.
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              His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
                                                    --Walpole.
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     To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.
  
     To fling away, to reject; to discard.
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              Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
                                                    --Shak.
        
  
     To fling down.
        (a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
            formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
            challenge.
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                  This question so flung down before the guests, .
                  . .
                  Was handed over by consent of all
                  To me who had not spoken.         --Tennyson.
        (b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.
  
     To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
        in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
        a few days' work.
  
     To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
        also, to get rid of. --Addison.
  
     To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
        violence; as, to fling open a door.
  
     To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
        manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.
  
     To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
        design.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Fling \Fling\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Flinging.] [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel.
     flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw.
     fl["a]nga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.]
     1. 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.
  
              'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
              Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
  
              I know thy generous temper well. Fling but the
              appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes
              fire.                                 --Addison.
  
     2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
  
              The sun begins to fling His flaring beams. --Milton.
  
              Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
  
     3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
        hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
        litigation.
  
              His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
                                                    --Walpole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Flung \Flung\,
     imp. & p. p. of Fling.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  fling
       n 1: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
            a whirl" [syn: crack, go, pass, whirl, offer]
       2: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: spree]
       3: the act of flinging
       v 1: throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
       2: move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto
          the sofa"
       3: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: splurge]
       4: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard,
           toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside,
           dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast
          away, put away]
       [also: flung]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  flung
       See fling

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  flung
     vb.
     (infl of en fling  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  flung
     vb.
     (infl of en fling  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  flung
     vb.
     (infl of en fling  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  flung
     vb.
     (infl of en fling  ed-form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Flung /flˈʌŋ/
  رمى

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  flung /flˈʌŋ/ 
  švihl

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  flung /flˈʌŋ/ 
  mrštil

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  flung /flˈʌŋ/ 
  hodil

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fling /flˈɪŋ/ (flung /flˈʌŋ/ <>, flung /flˈʌŋ/ <>) 
  etw. (an einen Ort) werfen, schleudern, schmeißen  [ugs.]
        "fling your hat into the air"  - seinen Hut in die Luft werfen
        "fling your shoes across the room"  - seine Schuhe quer durchs Zimmer schleudern
        "fling sb. into prison"  - jdn. ins Gefängnis werfen
     Synonyms: throw, toss, cast, pitch, chuck, sling, heave, bung, peg, hoy, bish sth.
  
   see: throwing, tossing, casting, flinging, pitching, chucking, slinging, heaving, bunging, peging, hoying, bishing, thrown, tossed, cast, flung, pitched, chucked, slung, heaved, bunged, peged, hoyed, bished, you throw, I/he/she threw, we/they threw, hurl a brick through the window glass, She hurled herself into the job with enthusiasm., Mike threw a stone into the pond.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  flung /flˈʌŋ/
  geworfen, geschleudert, geschmissen
     Synonyms: thrown, tossed, cast, pitched, chucked, slung, heaved, bunged, peged, hoyed, bished
  
   see: throw, toss, cast, fling, pitch, chuck, sling, heave, bung, peg, hoy, bish sth., throwing, tossing, casting, flinging, pitching, chucking, slinging, heaving, bunging, peging, hoying, bishing, you throw, I/he/she threw, we/they threw, hurl a brick through the window glass, She hurled herself into the job with enthusiasm., Mike threw a stone into the pond.
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  flung /flˈʌŋ/
  1. (bak.) fling.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɫəŋ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  fling 的过去式(分词)

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     fling的过去式,过去分词

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