1. Throw with force or recklessness
   "fling the frisbee"
    
2. Throw or cast away
   "fling your worries";
   - discard, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
    
3. Move in an abrupt or headlong manner
   "He flung himself onto the sofa"

1. A brief indulgence of your impulses
   "She went on a shopping fling and maxed out her credit card";
   - spree
    
2. [informal] A short sexual relationship
   "They had a brief summer fling but it didn't last"
    
3. The act of flinging
   "With a fling of his arm, he tossed the frisbee across the park"
    
4. A usually brief attempt
   "He gave writing poetry a fling";
   - crack, go, pass, whirl [informal], bash [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: flinging, flings, flung

Type of: attempt, effort, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], get rid of, intemperance, intemperateness, move, remove, self-indulgence, throw, try, wing

Encyclopedia: Fling