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verb

fling

FLING/flɪŋ/

To throw or move suddenly and forcefully.

He flings a wet sponge into the bucket with a forceful throw.

A man flings a wet sponge forcefully into a bucket, caught just after release with an extended throwing arm, a forward-driving stance, and droplets trailing the airborne sponge.
Etymology
flingOld Norseto flog

Probably from or related to a verb meaning “to flog,” fling shares its forceful-motion image. Its early meanings included dashing or rushing, before it came to mean throwing or hurling.

In context

The Vintage Space68:59
why in the world would we fling a tiny capsule as hard as we can as so far away that we couldn't even it's a 40minute round trip
Space Tourism and Ska with Ben McGee PRMSP Ep 3

More examples

  • He flung open the door.
  • The storm had flung debris across the road.
  • The child is flinging pebbles into the water.

Forms

fling · flings · flung · flinging

Similar words

hurl
Also a forceful throw, often with stronger implied intensity.
toss
Toss generally implies less force than fling.