fling

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• /ˈflɪŋ/
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From Middle English fling, from the verb (see below). Compare Icelandic flengur (“a fast sprint”).

From Middle English flyngen, from Old Norse flengja (“to whip”), from Proto-Germanic *flangijaną (“to beat, whip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh2k- (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh2k-, *pleh2g- (“to beat”). Cognate with Icelandic flengja (“to spank”), Norwegian flengja (“to rip, tear, or fling open”).

167 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: хвърляне (hvǎrljane) — act of throwing
• Bulgarian: мятане (mjatane) — act of throwing
• Czech: mrsknutí — act of throwing
• Czech: hození — act of throwing
• Czech: vrhnutí — act of throwing
• Finnish: heitto — act of throwing
• French: jet — act of throwing
• French: lancé — act of throwing
• German: Schleudern — act of throwing
• German: Wurf — act of throwing
• German: Werfen — act of throwing
• German: Hinschleudern — act of throwing
• German: Hinwerfen — act of throwing
• German: Herumwerfen — act of throwing
• German: Schwingen — act of throwing
• German: Stossen — act of throwing
• German: Stoß — act of throwing
• Marathi: जोराने फेकणे (jorāne phekṇe) — act of throwing
• Marathi: भिरकावणे (bhirkāvṇe) — act of throwing
• Romanian: arunca — act of throwing
• Woiwurrung: booembegat — act of throwing
• Finnish: sätkiminen — act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements
• Finnish: sätke — act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements
• German: ruckartige Bewegung — act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements
• German: Schwung — act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements
• German: Schwingen — act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements
• German: Schütteln — act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements
• German: Schlagen — act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements
• German: Reissen — act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements
• Bulgarian: веселие (veselie) — act of unrestrained indulgence
• Bulgarian: развлечение (razvlečenie) — act of unrestrained indulgence
• Czech: vyhodit si z kopýtka — act of unrestrained indulgence
• Danish: lejlighed til at slå sig løs — act of unrestrained indulgence
• German: Spaß — act of unrestrained indulgence
• German: wilde Zeit — act of unrestrained indulgence
• German: ausgelassene Zeit — act of unrestrained indulgence
• German: Sause — act of unrestrained indulgence
• German: Gaudi — act of unrestrained indulgence
• Welsh: sbri — act of unrestrained indulgence
• Arabic: عَلَاقَة سَرِيعَة (ʕalāqa sarīʕa) — short sexual relationship
• Arabic: علاقة طيارى (ʕelāqa ṭayyāri) — short sexual relationship
• Bulgarian: флирт (flirt) — short sexual relationship
• Catalan: aventura — short sexual relationship
• Catalan: rotllo — short sexual relationship
• Czech: aférka — short sexual relationship
• Czech: flirt — short sexual relationship
• Czech: krátký poměr — short sexual relationship
• Danish: affære — short sexual relationship
• Dutch: slippertje — short sexual relationship
• Dutch: avontuurtje — short sexual relationship
• Finnish: pikasuhde — short sexual relationship
• Finnish: säätö — short sexual relationship
• Finnish: hoito — short sexual relationship
• French: aventure — short sexual relationship
• French: passade — short sexual relationship
• French: liaison — short sexual relationship
• French: amourette — short sexual relationship
• German: kurze Affäre — short sexual relationship
• German: Seitensprung — short sexual relationship
• German: Liebelei — short sexual relationship
• German: Liebschaft — short sexual relationship
• German: Krösken — short sexual relationship
• German: Techtelmechtel — short sexual relationship
• German: Bettgeschichte — short sexual relationship
• German: flüchtige Affäre — short sexual relationship
• Hebrew: סטוץ (stutz) — short sexual relationship
• Irish: spallaíocht — short sexual relationship
• Italian: avventura — short sexual relationship
• Norwegian Bokmål: eventyr — short sexual relationship
• Norwegian Bokmål: affære — short sexual relationship
• Portuguese: caso — short sexual relationship
• Portuguese: ficada — short sexual relationship
• Romanian: aventură — short sexual relationship
• Russian: любо́вное увлече́ние (ljubóvnoje uvlečénije) — short sexual relationship
• Russian: интри́жка (intrížka) — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: aventura — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: lío — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: rollo — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: devaneo — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: escarceo amoroso — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: amorío — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: embullito — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: enredo — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: romance — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: ligue — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: bacilón — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: agarre — short sexual relationship
• Spanish: agarrón — short sexual relationship
• Swedish: flört — short sexual relationship
• Swedish: affär — short sexual relationship
• Swedish: ragg — short sexual relationship
• Swedish: fling — short sexual relationship
• Swedish: äventyr — short sexual relationship
• Arabic: صَبَّ (ṣabba) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Arabic: رَمَّى (rammā) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Arabic: اِنْدَفَعَ (indafaʕa) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Armenian: շպրտել (šprtel) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Armenian: նետել (netel) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Armenian: գցել (gcʻel) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Bulgarian: хвърлям (hvǎrljam) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Bulgarian: запращам (zapraštam) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Chinese Mandarin: 拋 /抛 (pāo) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Chinese Mandarin: 投 (tóu) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Chinese Mandarin: 鑄 /铸 (zhù) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Chinese Mandarin: 扔 (rēng) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Czech: mrštit — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Czech: hodit — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Czech: mrsknout — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Danish: smide — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Danish: kaste — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Dutch: smijten — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Esperanto: ĵeti — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• French: jeter — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• French: balancer — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Friulian: slançâ — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• German: schleudern — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• German: schmeißen — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Indonesian: banting — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Indonesian: membanting — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Italian: slanciare — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Italian: scagliare — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Japanese: 投げる (nageru) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Māori: tāhoa — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Marathi: जोराने फेकणे (jorāne phekṇe) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Marathi: भिरकावणे (bhirkāvṇe) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Middle English: flyngen — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Portuguese: arremessar — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Portuguese: lançar — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Quechua: chuqay — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Romanian: arunca — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Russian: броса́ть (brosátʹ) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Russian: бро́сить (brósitʹ) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Russian: кида́ть (kidátʹ) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Russian: ки́нуть (kínutʹ) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Russian: мета́ть (metátʹ) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Russian: метну́ть (metnútʹ) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Russian: швыря́ть (švyrjátʹ) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Russian: швырну́ть (švyrnútʹ) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Sanskrit: क्षिपति (kṣipati) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Spanish: aventar — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Spanish: lanzar — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Ottoman Turkish: صالمق (salmak) — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Venetan: slansar — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
• Czech: hodit sebou — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Czech: vrhnout se — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Czech: skočit — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Danish: styrte — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Danish: fare — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich werfen — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich hinwerfen — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich hinschleudern — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich in etwas stürzen — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich hinunterwerfen — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich hinunterstürzen — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich heranwerfen (an jemanden) — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich an jemanden ranwerfen — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich herumwerfen — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• German: sich fallen lassen — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Middle English: flyngen — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Russian: бро́ситься (brósitʹsja) — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Russian: броса́ться (brosátʹsja) — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Russian: ки́нуться (kínutʹsja) — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Russian: кида́ться (kidátʹsja) — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Spanish: tirarse — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Spanish: lanzarse — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Spanish: echarse — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste
• Spanish: arrojarse — to throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste