Adjacent Words
To fit outTo fit up
To fix on
To fizzle out
To flap in the mouth
To flare up
To flash in the pan
To flat out
To flatten a sail
To fling about
To fling away
To fling down
To fling in
To fling off
To fling open
To fling up
To float with the stream
To flush a joints
To fly a kite
To fly about
To fly around
To fly at
To fly in the face of
To fly off
To fly on
To fly open
To fly out
To fob off
To follow suit
To follow the hounds
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Fling Fling, v. i. 1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling. 2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling. 3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste. And crop-full, out of doors he flings. --Milton. I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath. --Mrs. Browning. To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter. To fling away, to reject; to discard. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. --Shak. To fling down. (a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a challenge. This question so flung down before the guests, . . . Was handed over by consent of all To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson. (b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin. To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as, in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or a few days' work. To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey; also, to get rid of. --Addison. To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with violence; as, to fling open a door. To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh manner; as, to fling out hard words against another. To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a design.
