Usually means: Thrown forcefully or violently; hurled.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. flung: Merriam-Webster
  2. flung: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flung: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. flung: Collins English Dictionary
  5. flung: Vocabulary.com
  6. Flung, flung: Wordnik
  7. flung: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. flung: Wiktionary
  9. flung: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. flung: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. flung: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Flung, flung: Dictionary.com
  13. flung: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Flung: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. flung: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Flung: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. flung: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. flung: FreeDictionary.org
  19. flung: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. flung: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  21. flung: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. flung: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flung: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flung: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flung: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An act of throwing, often violently.
noun:  An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
noun:  An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.
noun:  A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
noun:  (figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").
noun:  (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.
noun:  A lively Scottish country dance.
noun:  (obsolete) A trifling matter; an object of contempt.
verb:  (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
verb:  (intransitive, now archaic) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
verb:  (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
verb:  (intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
noun:  A surname.
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