fling
/ˈflɪŋ/ noun C2- An act of throwing, often violently.
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance. · the fling of a horse
- An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
- A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship. · a summer fling· I had a fling with a girl I met on holiday.
- An attempt, a try. · give it a fling
- A lively Scottish country dance. · the Highland fling
- A party, especially a dance party. · a spring fling
Plural flings
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Bagheera would lie out on a branch and call, “Come along, Little Brother,” and at first Mowgli would cling like the sloth, but afterward he would fling himself through the branches almost as boldly as the gray ape.
His escort would rush him up a tree till he felt the thinnest topmost branches crackle and bend under them, and then with a cough and a whoop would fling themselves into the air outward and downward, and bring up, hanging by their hands or their feet to the lower limbs of the next tree.
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