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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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To shed forth; to emit; to scatter. |
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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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To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to
kick and fling. |
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To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to
sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling. |
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To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush
or spring with violence or haste. |
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A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as,
the fling of a horse. |
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A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic
scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm. |
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A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling. |
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A trifing matter; an object of contempt. |