The sun begins to fling His flaring beams.
Milton.
Every beam new transient colors flings.
Pope.
3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to
baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.
His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
Walpole.
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To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter. -- To fling away, to
reject; to discard.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
Shak.
--To fling down. (a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in
defiance, as formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
This question so flung down before the guests, . . . Was handed
over by consent of all To me who had not spoken.
Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin. -- To fling in, to throw in; not
to charge in an account; as, in settling accounts, one party flings in
a small sum, or a few days' work. -- To fling off, to baffle in the
chase; to defeat of prey; also, to get rid of. Addison. -- To fling
open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with violence; as, to fling
open a door. -- To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another. -- To fling up, to
relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a design.
Fling (?), v. i. 1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began
to kick and fling.
2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the
scold began to flout and fling.
3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring
with violence or haste.
And crop-full, out of doors he flings.
Milton.
I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after battle, flings
to sheath.
Mrs. Browning.
To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and
insinuations.
Fling, n. 1. A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick;
as, the fling of a horse.
2. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a
gibe; a sarcasm.
I, who love to have a fling, Both at senate house and king.
Swift.