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.

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.

Fling \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.

   3. A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.

   4. A trifing matter; an object of contempt. [Obs.]

            England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick
            and the gray goose wing.              --Old Proverb.

   {To have one's fling}, to enjoy one's self to the full; to
      have a season of dissipation. --J. H. Newman. ``When I was
      as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of
      pleasure.'' --D. Jerrold.

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}]