fling

1. 1.

   a usually brief attempt

   “he took a crack at it”

   “I gave it a whirl”

   Synonymscrackgopasswhirloffer

   Broaderattempt
2. 2.

   a brief indulgence of your impulses

   Synonymsspree

   Broaderintemperance

   Narrowerspending spree
3. 3.

   the act of flinging

   Broaderthrow

Other forms of fling

plural

flings·

past tense or participle

flung

present participle

flinging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fling

What does fling mean?

fling means "throw with force or recklessness". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fling?

fling has 1 syllable: fling. In IPA it is /ˈflɪŋ/.

What is another word for fling?

Close synonyms include splurge, discard, toss, toss out, toss away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fling a common word?

fling is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.