fling
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3.2
- noun
- /flɪŋ/
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- To Laurence, it looked as if the dying summer had returned for one last fling before the onset of fall.
Examples
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What, the Spring Fling thing?
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The students decided to call the event Spring Fling and to hold it on a Friday afternoon.
Academic text (2012) -
The best part of a fling is that everything is new.
Blog text (5) -
Welcome to The Middle School's "Spring Fling."
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The good news is that I'm back in time for the Spring Fling.
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Is that true about the garden fling happening here in 2013?
Blog text (11) -
Did the Spring Fling Committee learn nothing from last year's little mishap?
Blog text (2) -
But I don't have a date to the Fall Fling.
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What possible harm would one meaningless fling do?
Fiction book (2000) -
During the festival, there was a huge fling where people threw colorful confetti into the air.
Synonyms
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4.0
A moment when people make something move, for example a boat or rocket
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6.1
Throwing something with a wide, swinging arm movement
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3.9
A strong sudden throw of something
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3.5
A strong throw of something
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2.8
A throw that uses the arm, often in sport
Compounds
How Forcefully
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3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fling comes from the same old word for a quick 'throw'. So a fling as a noun is simply the act of giving something a sudden, powerful 'throw'.