Word a Day
fling
What does fling mean?
fling (verb): to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use fling in a sentence?
- Fling the frisbee. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce fling?
/flɪŋ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fling come from?
From Middle English flyngen, from Old Norse flengja (“to whip”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “fling” mean?
to pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap
Not quite: that's what jump means.
to place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in
Not quite: that's what trust means.
to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
Right! That's what “fling” means.
to fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground
Not quite: that's what drop means.
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