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# fling

«fling» in Mova's school dictionary: **to throw it hard and carelessly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (fling, flings, flung, flinging); noun (a fling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To fling something is to throw it hard and carelessly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#m1)

2) To fling yourself or your arms is to move suddenly and with force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#m2)

3) A fling is a short time of fun, or a short love affair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#m3)

4) If something flings light or sunshine somewhere, it sends it there suddenly and strongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows strong feeling: a character flings open the door, flings a bag on the floor or flings arms around someone. In dance, the Highland fling is a Scottish dance. Phrases: «fling open», «fling your arms around», «Highland fling».

### examples

- She flung her bag on the floor and ran outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#x1)
- He flung open the window to let in fresh air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#x2)
- The boy flung his arms around his grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#x3)
- Don't fling your coat on the chair; hang it up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#x4)
- The wind flung leaves across the yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#x5)
- We learned the Highland fling in dance class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#x6)
- He flung himself onto the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#x7)
- Cecco went, first flinging his arms despairingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/#x8)

### note

Irregular verb: fling, flung, flung (not «flinged»). Similar: «throw», «hurl», «toss». Safety: never fling stones or sticks at people or animals. Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [Trap-jaw ants snap their jaws so fast they can fling themselves into the air.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/4/)
- [Toad: «What carts I shall fling carelessly into the ditch in the wake of my magnificent onset!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/25/)
- [Follow me!» He flings the door open wide.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/15/)
- [Follow me!» — and flung the door open wide.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/36/)
- [A salad spinner flings the water outward and off the leaves through the holes; hospitals spin blood fast to separate it into layers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.