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Fling
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
(2):
(v. t.) 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.
(3):
(v. i.) To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
(4):
(v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.
(5):
(v. i.) To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.
(6):
(v. i.) To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.
(7):
(n.) A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.
(8):
(n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
(9):
(n.) A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
(10):
(n.) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fling'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/fling.html. 1828.
