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flinging

/ˈflɪŋɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. The act by which something is flung.

Plural flingings

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you may nurse it a bit, if you like!” the Duchess said to Alice, flinging the baby at her as she spoke.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 44 · B2
Sitting down on a chair by the table, flinging her arms out upon it, and burying her face in them, she proceeded to cry stormily.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 30 · C1
Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 102 · B2
Sometimes he weeps bitterly, sometimes laughs boisterously, at other time he passes hours on the seashore, flinging stones in the water and when the flint makes ‘duck-and-drake’ five or six times, he appears as delighted as if he had gained another Marengo or Austerlitz.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 91 · C1

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