fling
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a usually brief attempt
he took a crack at it
Types & categories
- effort hypernym
Sense 2 verb
throw with force or recklessness
fling the frisbee
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fling derivation
Sense 3 noun
a brief indulgence of your impulses
Types & categories
- intemperateness hypernym
- spending spree hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
move in an abrupt or headlong manner
He flung himself onto the sofa
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the act of flinging
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
indulge oneself
I splurged on a new TV
Types & categories
- ware hypernym
Related & opposite
- spree derivation
Sense 7 verb
throw or cast away
Put away your worries
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- disposition derivation
- throwing away derivation
- fling derivation
- discard derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | effort |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fling |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | toss |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spree |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | splurge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | intemperateness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spending spree |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fling |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | discard |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spree |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | ware |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | disposition |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | throwing away |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fling |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | discard |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | get rid of |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | unlearn |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | deep-six |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | jettison |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrap |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | waste |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dump |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | abandon |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | liquidize |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | de-access |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | close out |