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fling
Overview of noun fling
The noun fling has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer -- (a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl")
2. spree, fling -- (a brief indulgence of your impulses)
3. fling -- (the act of flinging)
Overview of verb fling
The verb fling has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (13) fling -- (throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee")
2. (1) fling -- (move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto the sofa")
3. splurge, fling -- (indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV")
4. discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away -- (throw or cast away; "Put away your worries")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fling
3 senses of fling
Sense 1
crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
spree, fling
=> intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
=> indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
=> gratification
=> satisfaction
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
fling
=> throw
=> propulsion, actuation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fling
1 of 3 senses of fling
Sense 2
spree, fling
=> spending spree
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fling
3 senses of fling
Sense 1
crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Sense 2
spree, fling
=> intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
Sense 3
fling
=> throw
Antonyms of noun fling
Member Holonyms of noun fling
Substance Holonyms of noun fling
Part Holonyms of noun fling
Member Meronyms of noun fling
Substance Meronyms of noun fling
Part Meronyms of noun fling
Meronyms of noun fling
Holonyms of noun fling
Attributes of noun fling
Derived Forms of noun fling
2 of 3 senses of fling
Sense 2
spree, fling
RELATED TO>(verb) fling#3
=> splurge, fling
Sense 3
fling
RELATED TO>(verb) fling#4
=> discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
RELATED TO>(verb) fling#1
=> fling
Domain of noun fling
Domain Terms of noun fling
Familiarity of noun fling
fling used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fling
3 senses of fling
Sense 1
crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> batting
=> best
=> worst
=> bid, play
=> crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
=> essay
=> foray
=> contribution, part, share
=> liberation
=> mug's game
=> power play, squeeze play, squeeze
=> seeking
=> shot, stab
=> shot
=> striving, nisus, pains, strain
=> struggle, battle
=> takeover attempt
=> test, trial, run
=> test, trial
Sense 2
spree, fling
> intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
=> spree, fling
=> profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness
=> jag
Sense 3
fling
> throw
=> bowling
=> fling
=> heave, heaving
=> hurl, cast
=> leaner
=> pass, toss, flip
=> pitch
=> pitch, delivery
=> ringer
=> shy
=> slinging
=> throw-in
Meronyms of noun fling
3 senses of fling
Holonyms of noun fling
Grep of noun fling
fling
highland fling
reshuffling
rifling
shuffling
stifling
trifling
Antonyms of verb fling
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fling
4 senses of fling
Sense 1
fling
=> throw
=> propel, impel
=> move, displace
Sense 2
fling
=> move
Sense 3
splurge, fling
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 4
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
=> get rid of, remove
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fling
2 of 4 senses of fling
Sense 1
fling
=> flip, toss, sky, pitch
Sense 4
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
=> unlearn
=> deep-six, give it the deep six
=> jettison
=> trash, junk, scrap
=> waste
=> dump
=> retire, pension off
=> abandon
=> sell out, sell up, liquidize
=> de-access
=> close out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fling
4 senses of fling
Sense 1
fling
=> throw
Sense 2
fling
=> move
Sense 3
splurge, fling
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
Sense 4
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
=> get rid of, remove
'Cause To' of verb fling
Derived Forms of verb fling
3 of 4 senses of fling
Sense 1
fling
RELATED TO>(noun) fling#3
=> fling
Sense 3
splurge, fling
RELATED TO>(noun) fling#2
=> spree, fling
Sense 4
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
RELATED TO>(noun) fling#3
=> fling
Domain of verb fling
Domain Terms of verb fling
Familiarity of verb fling
fling used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb fling
4 senses of fling
Sense 1
fling
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
fling
*> Somebody ----s something PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
splurge, fling
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fling
4 senses of fling
Sense 1
fling
> throw
=> slam, flap down
=> ground
=> prostrate
=> hurl, hurtle, cast
=> heave
=> pelt, bombard
=> defenestrate
=> deliver, pitch
=> shy
=> drive
=> deep-six, throw overboard
=> ridge
=> jettison
=> fling
=> lob
=> chuck, toss
=> skim, skip, skitter
=> juggle
=> flip, flick
=> pass
Sense 2
fling
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 3
splurge, fling
> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
=> luxuriate, wanton
=> lavish, shower
=> overspend
=> splurge, fling
Sense 4
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
> get rid of, remove
=> discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
=> slough off
=> weed out, comb out
=> work off
=> cull
=> dump, ditch
=> unmuzzle
=> deaerate, de-aerate
=> decaffeinate
=> decarbonate
=> decerebrate
=> dechlorinate
=> defat
=> defibrinate
=> degrease
=> deionize
=> delist
=> delocalize
=> deoxygenate
=> destain
=> desulfurize, desulphurize
=> detick
=> devein
=> fettle
=> flesh
=> flense
=> kern
=> pith
=> scum
=> unbridle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fling
Sense 1
fling
=> throw
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Sense 2
fling
=> move
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Sense 3
splurge, fling
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
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Sense 4
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
=> get rid of, remove
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Grep of verb fling
fling
fling off
Grep of adj fling
baffling
piffling
snuffling
stifling
trifling
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