as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it
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Recent Examples of flinging
The forward Agustin Canobbio was red-carded in the final seconds after grabbing referee Ismail Elfath’s arm and flinging it away.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
The video showed the person flinging open the office door and opening fire from the hallway.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2026
The players rotated quickly, setting flurries of picks and cutting, creating space by driving to the basket, stretching the defense to the point of breaking, and then flinging the ball to the open man in the corner.
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Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
My summer version of Jay Gatsby flinging his silk shirts over a balcony is filling a room with dainty cotton blouses and dresses in sweet floral motifs.
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Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
Here's Joe Biden's worst trade acquisition, Brittney Griner, flinging Angel Reese around like a rag doll to take us home.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
But with the far right ascendant, simply flinging open the country’s borders would be too great a political risk.
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Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
Another video showed Chonkers reemerging from the water, flinging himself onto a dock full of smaller sea lions who, save for one apparently brave animal, fled at the sight and reverberations of their massive neighbor.
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Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
Sam instead proposes that the performer dance to it without music, a prompt that is followed by Anne Hathaway flinging herself across the room, dragging her body across the floor in a hypnotic spectacle that seems to convey struggle, possession, and loss of control.
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Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
The video showed the person flinging open the office door and opening fire from the hallway.
—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2026
The players rotated quickly, setting flurries of picks and cutting, creating space by driving to the basket, stretching the defense to the point of breaking, and then flinging the ball to the open man in the corner.
—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
My summer version of Jay Gatsby flinging his silk shirts over a balcony is filling a room with dainty cotton blouses and dresses in sweet floral motifs.
—
Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
Here's Joe Biden's worst trade acquisition, Brittney Griner, flinging Angel Reese around like a rag doll to take us home.
—
Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
But with the far right ascendant, simply flinging open the country’s borders would be too great a political risk.
—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
Another video showed Chonkers reemerging from the water, flinging himself onto a dock full of smaller sea lions who, save for one apparently brave animal, fled at the sight and reverberations of their massive neighbor.
—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
Sam instead proposes that the performer dance to it without music, a prompt that is followed by Anne Hathaway flinging herself across the room, dragging her body across the floor in a hypnotic spectacle that seems to convey struggle, possession, and loss of control.
—
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flinging
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The game featured two of baseball's best and hardest-throwing pitchers in Burns and Misiorowski.
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Players will be hopping, throwing, rolling, shooting and more in a broad test of their reflexes.
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One of his favourites was dal paran — a traditional folk competition which involves hurling stones off the side of a mountain.
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At its core, the hearing involved two former business partners hurling major accusations against one another.
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Roughly chop the smashed cucumbers before tossing them with the vinaigrette.
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Paula quickly gets rid of the gun, tossing it in the garbage of the police station bathroom, but pockets the flash drive.
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Quinn Hanschen – Executive Assistant, Television, Lord Miller Hanschen got her start through the Disney College Program slinging Dole Whip at the Tiki Juice Bar for a summer.
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But a $40/hr wage means adults crowding out teens and nary a school-age summer server slinging soda at SoFi.
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“Flinging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flinging. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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