Found 3 items, similar to fling.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: fling melemparkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fling fling v 1: throw with force or recklessness; “fling the frisbee” 2: move in an abrupt or headlong manner; “He flung himself onto the sofa” 3: indulge oneself; “I splurged on a new TV” [syn: splurge] 4: throw or cast away; “Put away your worries” [syn: discard, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away , put away] [also: flung] fling n 1: a usually brief attempt; “he took a crack at it”; “I gave it a whirl” [syn: crack, go, pass, whirl, offer] 2: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: spree] 3: the act of flinging [also: flung]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fling Fling \Fling\, v. i. 1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling. [1913 Webster] 2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling. [1913 Webster] 3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste. [1913 Webster] And crop-full, out of doors he flings. --Milton. [1913 Webster] I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations. [1913 Webster] Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung (fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl["a]nga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings, Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] I know thy generous temper well. Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter. [1913 Webster] The sun begins to fling His flaring beams. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation. [1913 Webster] His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him. --Walpole. [1913 Webster] To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter. To fling away, to reject; to discard. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Fling \Fling\, n. 1. A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm. [1913 Webster] I, who love to have a fling, Both at senate house and king. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling. [1913 Webster] 4. A trifing matter; an object of contempt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing. --Old Proverb. [1913 Webster] 5. a short period during which one indulges one's wishes, whims, or desires in an unrestrained manner. [PJC] 6. a love affair. [PJC] 7. a casual or brief attempt to accomplish something. [informal] Syn: shot. [PJC] 8. a period during which one tries a new activity; as, he took a fling at playing tennis. [PJC] To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. --J. H. Newman. “When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure.” --D. Jerrold. [1913 Webster]