资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fling \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.
{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.