1. [n]  the act of flinging
2. [n]  a brief indulgence of your impulses
3. [n]  a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
4. [v]  throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
5. [v]  move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto the sofa"
6. [v]  throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
7. [v]  indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"

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

2. \Fling\, v. i.
   1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to
      kick and fling.
   2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer;
      as, the scold began to flout and fling.
   3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush
      or spring with violence or haste.
            And crop-full, out of doors he flings. --Milton.
            I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after
            battle, flings to sheath.             --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
   {To fling out}, to become ugly and intractable; to utter
      sneers and insinuations.
   

3. \Fling\, n.
   1. A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick;
      as, the fling of a horse.
   2. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of
      sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
            I, who love to have a fling, Both at senate house
            and king.                             --Swift.
   3. A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
   4. A trifing matter; an object of contempt. [Obs.]
            England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick
            and the gray goose wing.              --Old Proverb.
   {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.