Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fling \Fling\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flung}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Flinging}.] [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel.
   flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw.
   fl["a]nga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.]
   1. To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart;
      to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to
      fing a stone into the pond.

            'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
            Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
                                                  --Dryden.

            He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.

            I know thy generous temper well. Fling but the
            appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes
            fire.                                 --Addison.

   2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.

            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.

Flung \Flung\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Fling}.

Source : WordNet®

fling
     v 1: throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
     2: move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto
        the sofa"
     3: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: {splurge}]
     4: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: {discard},
         {toss}, {toss out}, {toss away}, {chuck out}, {cast aside},
         {dispose}, {throw out}, {cast out}, {throw away}, {cast
        away}, {put away}]
     [also: {flung}]

fling
     n 1: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
          a whirl" [syn: {crack}, {go}, {pass}, {whirl}, {offer}]
     2: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: {spree}]
     3: the act of flinging
     [also: {flung}]

flung
     See {fling}