Fling

//ˈflɪŋ//

Synonyms for "fling" (229 found)

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Closest matches (46)

crack splurge spree affair approach assay attempt bash bat bender bid binge boil bolt bout bowl bung bust career carousal

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carouse cast cast at catapult celebration change of pace change-up charge chase chuck chuck at chunk clap

Verb(10 words)

toss bung cast cast aside cast away cast out chuck chuck out chunk cook

Noun(3 words)

affairette caprice crack

Strong matches (69)

curve dance dart dash debauch deliver discard downcurve drinking bout effort endeavor escapade essay experiment fastball fire fire at fling at flip flounce

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Noun(4 words)

dalliance go hookup liaison

Verb(13 words)

dash discard dispose dump feck heave hield hoy huck hurl hurtle jerk launch

Related words (114)

lick lob make haste move offer orgy outcurve party pass peg pelt pitch pitchfork plank plop ploy plump plunge plunk pop

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Verb(26 words)

lob peck peg pick pitch precipitate project put away quoit shy skew slight sling splurge thrill throw throw away throw out toss away toss out

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traject warp whang whip whop wing

Noun(4 words)

offer pass spree whirl

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

18 entries

attempt consume effort endeavor endeavour get rid of intemperance intemperateness loft move remove self-indulgence squander throw try

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Synonyms

5 entries

crack discard hookup splurge spree

derived

9 entries

Highland fling fling out flingee flinger flingy full fling outfling trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail upfling

is a

1 entries

throw

manner of

2 entries

move throw

related to

13 entries

casual country dance flounce hurl lively relationship scottish sexual short sneer throw violence wince

Translations

166 translations across 33 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

علاقة طيارى noun (short sexual relationship)
عَلَاقَة سَرِيعَة noun (short sexual relationship)
اِنْدَفَعَ verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
رَمَّى verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Armenian

3 entries

գցել verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
նետել verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
շպրտել verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Bulgarian

4 entries

веселие noun (act of unrestrained indulgence)
мятане noun (act of throwing)
развлечение noun (act of unrestrained indulgence)
флирт noun (short sexual relationship)

Catalan

2 entries

aventura noun (short sexual relationship)
rotllo noun (short sexual relationship)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

扔 verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
投 verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
拋 /抛 verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
鑄 /铸 verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Czech

4 entries

aférka noun (short sexual relationship)
flirt noun (short sexual relationship)
hození noun (act of throwing)
krátký poměr noun (short sexual relationship)

Danish

4 entries

affære noun (short sexual relationship)
lejlighed til at slå sig løs noun (act of unrestrained indulgence)
fare verb (to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste)
kaste verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Dutch

3 entries

avontuurtje noun (short sexual relationship)
slippertje noun (short sexual relationship)
smijten verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Esperanto

1 entries

ĵeti verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Finnish

4 entries

heitto noun (act of throwing)
hoito noun (short sexual relationship)
pikasuhde noun (short sexual relationship)
sätke noun (act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements)

French

4 entries

amourette noun (short sexual relationship)
aventure noun (short sexual relationship)
jet noun (act of throwing)
lancé noun (act of throwing)

Friulian

1 entries

slançâ verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

German

4 entries

Bettgeschichte noun (short sexual relationship)
Gaudi noun (act of unrestrained indulgence)
Herumwerfen noun (act of throwing)
Hinschleudern noun (act of throwing)

Hebrew

1 entries

סטוץ noun (short sexual relationship)

Indonesian

2 entries

banting verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
membanting verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Irish

1 entries

spallaíocht noun (short sexual relationship)

Italian

3 entries

avventura noun (short sexual relationship)
scagliare verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
slanciare verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Japanese

1 entries

投げる verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Marathi

4 entries

जोराने फेकणे noun (act of throwing)
भिरकावणे noun (act of throwing)
जोराने फेकणे verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
भिरकावणे verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Middle English

2 entries

flyngen verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
flyngen verb (to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste)

Māori

1 entries

tāhoa verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

affære noun (short sexual relationship)
eventyr noun (short sexual relationship)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

صالمق verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Portuguese

3 entries

caso noun (short sexual relationship)
arremessar verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
lançar verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Quechua

1 entries

chuqay verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Romanian

3 entries

arunca noun (act of throwing)
aventură noun (short sexual relationship)
arunca verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Russian

4 entries

интри́жка noun (short sexual relationship)
любо́вное увлече́ние noun (short sexual relationship)
бро́сить verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)
бро́ситься verb (to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste)

Sanskrit

1 entries

क्षिपति verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Spanish

4 entries

agarre noun (short sexual relationship)
agarrón noun (short sexual relationship)
amorío noun (short sexual relationship)
aventura noun (short sexual relationship)

Swedish

4 entries

affär noun (short sexual relationship)
fling noun (short sexual relationship)
flört noun (short sexual relationship)
ragg noun (short sexual relationship)

Venetan

1 entries

slansar verb (to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl)

Welsh

1 entries

sbri noun (act of unrestrained indulgence)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

booembegat noun (act of throwing)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He gave the stone a fling.

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Youth must have its fling.

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It was just a fling.

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Tom and Mary had a fling.

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