fling
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5.1
- noun
- /flɪŋ/
- Informal
:
intento
- This isn't just a fling for me, you know?
- take a fling at
- brief fling
Examples
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I had little money and no job to go home to, so this was more of a fling than a vacation.
Fiction book (1995) -
I wanted to make sure that it wasn't just a fling.
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I might take a fling at writing.
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This was not a weekend fling.
Blog text (34) -
It was a fling that could've developed into something, but didn't.
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Take a fling at being an editor instead of a writer and go back through your files to see what old manuscripts might be made salable.
Academic text (2009) -
I decided to take a brief fling at painting, even though I had never tried it before.
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Her latest fling with hiking opened her eyes to the beauty of nature.
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After years of serious work, he wanted to have a fling and try something new for a change.
Synonyms
208
1.6
A try or turn to do something
145
1.0
An act of sending something through the air, or one chance in a game
43
2.3
A short try at doing something
16
6.3
A try at something new or unfamiliar
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Etymology
Fling comes from the idea of a quick 'throw', and by extension it came to mean a quick try. So when you 'give it a fling' you make a short, not-serious 'throw' at doing something—a quick attempt.