The road salt makes a mushy, corrosive paste that is flung universally about the under-and over-sides of every vehicle.
They flung the flowers out over the cliff; and then something strange happened that you may not believe.
He pulled my arms apart; I stood up; he caught me again and flung me on the bed; I struggled.
The cat on his knee suddenly turned and struck at his eyes, and he flung her off and climbed on to the chair opposite me.
Soon after this, Pete Best, the drummer, got flung out and was replaced by Ringo Starr.
Gently he disengaged himself from the arms her ladyship now flung about him.
The monk pulled off his mask and flung his robe in the corner.
The boy tore it off and flung it indignantly into the river.
He drew up a chair to the desk and flung his hat on a near-by couch.
He flung a leg over the sill and drew himself gently into the room.
past participle of fling (v.).
c.1300, probably from or related to Old Norse flengja "to flog," of uncertain origin. The Middle English intransitive sense is that suggested by phrase have a fling at "make a try." An obsolete word for "streetwalker, harlot" was fling-stink (1670s). Related: Flung; flinging.
"attempt, attack," early 14c.; see fling (v.). Sense of "period of indulgence on the eve of responsibilities" first attested 1827. Meaning "vigorous dance" (associated with the Scottish Highlands) is from 1806.
