Fling \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)