v.
(past and past part. flung)
- throw or move forcefully.
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(fling oneself into)
wholeheartedly engage in (an activity or enterprise).
- go quickly and angrily:
he flung away to his study.
n.
- a short period of enjoyment or wild behaviour:
a final fling.
▸a short sexual relationship.
- a Highland fling.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: perh. rel. to ON flengja ‘flog’.