fling
Other forms: flung; flinging; flings
To fling is to throw something with force. You'll start a food fight in the cafeteria if you fling your vegetables at the kid across the table.
The act of throwing something recklessly or with force can also be called a fling. Your mail sorting ritual might be putting bills in one pile and personal letters in another, then giving junk mail a fling into the recycling bin. A brief period of revelry or indulgence is another kind of fling. You and your friends could plan a weekend fling in New York, staying in a hotel, eating out, and shopping without worrying about how much money you spend.
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throw with force or recklessness“fling the frisbee”
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flip, pitch, sky, toss
throw or toss with a light motion
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submarine
throw with an underhand motion
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lag
throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
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throw back, toss back
throw back with a quick, light motion
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throw
propel through the air
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throw or cast away
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cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out
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unlearn
discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
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deep-six, give it the deep six
toss out; get rid of
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jettison
throw away, of something encumbering
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junk, scrap, trash
dispose of (something useless or old)
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waste
get rid of
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dump
throw away as refuse
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retire
dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
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abandon
forsake; leave behind
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liquidize, sell out, sell up
get rid of all one's merchandise
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de-access
dispose of by selling
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close out
terminate by selling off or disposing of
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chuck, ditch
throw away
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dispense with
forgo or do or go without
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forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
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consign
commit forever; commit irrevocably
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get rid of, remove
dispose of
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move in an abrupt or headlong manner“He flung himself onto the sofa”
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move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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move
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the act of flinging
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throw
the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
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throw
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indulge oneself
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a brief indulgence of your impulses
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spree
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spending spree
a brief period of extravagant spending
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decadence, intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
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spending spree
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a usually brief attempt
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