fling

fling is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
3. transitive verb. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.
4. intransitive verb. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.
5. intransitive verb. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.
6. intransitive verb. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
7. noun. A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.
8. noun. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
9. noun. A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
10. noun. A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
11. noun. the act of flinging
12. noun. a brief indulgence of your impulses

    Synonyms: spree

13. noun. a usually brief attempt

    "he took a crack at it"

    "I gave it a whirl"

    Synonyms: crack, go, offer, pass, whirl

14. verb. throw with force or recklessness

    "fling the frisbee"

15. verb. move in an abrupt or headlong manner

    "He flung himself onto the sofa"

16. verb. throw or cast away

    "Put away your worries"

    Synonyms: discard, dispose, toss

17. verb. indulge oneself

    "I splurged on a new TV"

    Synonyms: splurge

Synonyms

spree, crack, go, offer, pass, whirl, discard, dispose, toss, splurge

Common word forms

flings, flinger, flinging

Words from these letters

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