Flingy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by flinging.

    "Red Notes/Get Wreck lost whatever form I imagined it had in the cavernous Lepercq Space at Brooklyn Academy and became a stupefying recital of flingy spurts of motion and meaningless handling of props like cigarettes and fans."

Example

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"Red Notes/Get Wreck lost whatever form I imagined it had in the cavernous Lepercq Space at Brooklyn Academy and became a stupefying recital of flingy spurts of motion and meaningless handling of props like cigarettes and fans."

Etymology

From fling + -y.

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