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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLUNG, pret. and pp. of fling.
Several statues the Romans themselves flung into the river.

Merriam Webster's

past and past participle of fling

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past and past part. of FLING.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fling Fling, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung; p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl["a]nga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.] 1. 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. 'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings, Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings. --Dryden. He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden. I know thy generous temper well. Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire. --Addison. 2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter. The sun begins to fling His flaring beams. --Milton. Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope. 3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation. His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him. --Walpole.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flung Flung, imp. & p. p. of Fling.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Flung is the past tense and past participle of fling.