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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[aum]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.
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            'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
            Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
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            I know thy generous temper well.
            Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
            It straight takes fire.               --Addison.
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   2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
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            The sun begins to fling
            His flaring beams.                    --Milton.
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            Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
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   3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
      hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
      litigation.
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            His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
                                                  --Walpole.
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   {To fling about}, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

   {To fling away}, to reject; to discard.
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            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.
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                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.
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