Flinging
//ˈflɪŋɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which something is flung.
"[T]he prominent character of leading young lady or heroine, which Paula was to personate, was really the most satisfactory in the whole list for her. For although she was to be wooed hard, there was just as much love-making among the remaining personages; while, as Somerset had understood the play, there could occur no flingings of her person upon her lover's neck, or agonized downfalls upon the stage, in her whole performance, [...]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of fling form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The boy passed the time by flinging stones into the lake."
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