fling
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Is fling a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) An attempt, a try.Examples: "give it a fling"figuratively
2. (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.Examples: "I, who love to have a fling, / Both at senate house and king."obsolete
3. (dance) A lively Scottish country dance.Examples: "the Highland fling"
4. (obsolete) A trifling matter; an object of contempt.Examples: "ante 1800, old proverb England were but a fling / Save for the crooked stick and the grey goose wing."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.Examples: "'Tis Fate that casts the Dice, and as she flings, Of Kings makes Pedants, and of Pedants Kings."; "I know thy generous temper well. / Fling but the appearance of dishonour on it, / It straight takes fire."; "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."Synonyms: chuck, pitch, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dashtransitive
2. (intransitive, now archaic) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.Examples: "And crop-full, out of doors he flings."; "I see, sir, said I, I see what a man I am with. […] And away I flung, leaving him seemingly vexed, and in confusion."; "I flung closer to his breast, / As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath."archaicintransitive
3. (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.Examples: "The horse flung most potently, making his heels fly aloft in the air."archaicintransitive
4. (intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.Examples: "The scold began to flout and fling."archaicintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary