fling
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4.6
- noun
- /flɪŋ/
- NSFW
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aventura (amorosa)
- Well, looks like you had a dumb fling yourself.
Listen, this dating world is full of hookups and flings, one night stands and things like that.
- Listen, this dating world is full of hookups and flings, one night stands and things like that.
- I suddenly I'm going to find the right set of casual flings that's going to make me happy.
- I I had a brief fling with a KitchenAid.
- Also I've had like flings last longer than like they were married.
- Like all, you know, like all great flings, you know, there's you long relation, long marriages are boring and comfortable.
- And then they started to get mad, or the one my summer fling started to get mad at the guy who was around for the school year.
Examples
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Best way to get over an ex is with a fling.
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I'm getting married in a week and I'd just like to have one last fling with my best friend before I walk down the aisle.
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At least he could give himself one last fling no matter what the price.
Fiction book (2002) -
I thought I found a love but she was just a fling
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What you and I had was a fling caused by a moment's passion.
Fiction book (1999) -
She was a girl I had a fling with when my family used to come here over the summers.
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I tried to explain that our little affair was nothing more than a fling, but I'm afraid she didn't understand.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'd had a couple of flings with an assistant director in a theater, with a musician, a dancer.
Fiction book (2000) -
We have always had a bit of history slash eyes for each other and had random small flings in the past, but nothing long term or serious.
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After a long year of hard work, she decided to have a little fling to celebrate her freedom.
Synonyms
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3.6
A secret romantic or sexual relationship between two people
20
8.2
A casual sexual or romantic meeting with no long-term commitment
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9.3
Playful romantic behavior with sexual hints for a short time
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9.2
A short, casual time when two people have sex
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5.5
A short romantic or sexual relationship that does not last long
1
9.9
A person you have sex with once without a relationship
A short playful meeting between lovers that is sexual or romantic
Antonyms
Compounds
How Serious
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4.4
- NSFW
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4.6
- NSFW
20
8.2
- NSFW
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6.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fling came to mean a short, wild time because people imagined 'throwing' themselves into fun for a little while. A helpful way to remember this is to think of a brief 'throw' into pleasure, so a fling is a short, casual affair or a quick period of fun.