<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.</li><li>To move (oneself) violently with impatience, contempt, or the like: She flung herself angrily from the room.</li><li>To put suddenly or violently: to fling a suspect into jail.</li><li>To project or speak sharply, curtly, or forcefully: He flung his answer at the questioner.</li><li>To involve (oneself) vigorously in an undertaking.</li><li>To move, do, or say (something) quickly: to fling a greeting in passing.</li><li>To send suddenly and rapidly: to fling fresh troops into a battle.</li><li>To throw aside or off.</li><li>To throw to the ground, as in wrestling or horseback riding.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act of flinging.</li><li>A short period of unrestrained pursuit of one's wishes or desires: The week of partying was my last fling before starting a new job.</li><li>An attempt at something: He took a fling at playwriting.</li><li>A critical or contemptuous remark; gibe.</li><li>Also called Highland fling: a lively Scottish dance characterized by flinging movements of the arms and legs.</li></ul>