| VERB | contact | fling | throw with force or recklessness |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | fling | move in an abrupt or headlong manner | |
| possession | fling, splurge | indulge oneself | |
| possession | fling, discard, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | throw or cast away | |
| NOUN | act | fling, crack, go, pass, whirl, offer | a usually brief attempt |
| act | fling, spree | a brief indulgence of your impulses | |
| act | fling | the act of flinging |
| Sounds | flih'ng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | A usually brief attempt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | crack, go, pass, whirl, offer | |
| Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish / accomplish something |
| Spanish | conato, disposición, pase, prueba, tentativa, vuelta | |
| Meaning | A brief indulgence of your impulses. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | spree | |
| Narrower | spending spree | A brief period of extravagant spending |
| Broader | intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence | excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence |
| Spanish | aventura amorosa, cana al aire | |
| Verbs | fling | indulge oneself |
| Meaning | The act of flinging. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | throw | The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) |
| Verbs | fling | throw with force or recklessness |
| fling | throw or cast away | |
| Meaning | Throw with force or recklessness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "fling the frisbee" | |
| Narrower | flip, toss, sky, pitch | Throw or toss with a light motion |
| Broader | throw | Propel through the air |
| Spanish | arrojar, aventar, lanzar, tirar | |
| Catalan | gitar, llançar, llençar | |
| Nouns | fling | the act of flinging |
| Meaning | Move in an abrupt or headlong manner. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Meaning | indulge oneself. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | splurge | |
| Broader | consume, squander, waste, ware | spend extravagantly |
| Spanish | despilfarrar, hacerse un cariñito, parrandear | |
| Nouns | fling | a brief indulgence of your impulses |
| Meaning | throw or cast away. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | discard, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | |
| Narrower | abandon | forsake, leave behind |
| close out | terminate by selling off or disposing of | |
| de-access | dispose of by selling | |
| deep-six, give it the deep six | toss out | |
| dump | throw away as refuse | |
| jettison | throw away, of something encumbering | |
| retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) | |
| sell out, sell up, liquidize | Get rid of all one's merchandise | |
| trash, junk, scrap | dispose of (something useless or old) | |
| unlearn | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit | |
| waste | Get rid of | |
| Broader | get rid of, remove | dispose of |
| Spanish | arrojar, botar, descartar, desechar, deshacerse, echar, expulsar, naufragar, olvidar, tirar | |
| Catalan | apartar, descartar, expel·lir, expulsar, gitar, llençar | |
| Nouns | fling | the act of flinging |
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