Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fling a stone into the pond.
2. (v. t.) To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
3. (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.
4. (v. i.) To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.
5. (v. i.) To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.
6. (v. i.) To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
7. (n.) A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.
8. (n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
9. (n.) A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
10. (n.) A trifling matter; an object of contempt.
Greek
4496. rhipto -- to throw, cast, spec. to throw off, toss ... A primary verb (perhaps rather akin to the base of rhapizo, through the idea of
sudden motion); to
fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from ballo
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4496.htm - 7kStrong's Hebrew
7993. shalak -- to throw, fling, cast... 7992, 7993. shalak. 7994 . to throw,
fling, cast. Transliteration: shalak Phonetic
Spelling: (shaw-lak) Short Definition: cast. Word Origin a prim.
... /hebrew/7993.htm - 6k 8058. shamat -- to let drop
... A primitive root; to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone,
desist, remit -- discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble ...
/hebrew/8058.htm - 6k
Library
Fling Out the Banner! Let it Float
... V. THE CHURCH Missions 482. Fling out the banner! let it float. LM ... John Baptiste
Calkin, 1872. George W. Doane, 1848. Fling out the banner! let it float. ...
/.../missions 482 fling out the.htm
Missionary Chant. LM
... (1027) Fling out the banner! ... 2 Fling out the banner! angels bend In anxious silence
o'er the sign, And vainly seek to comprehend The wonder of the love divine. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/452 missionary chant l m.htm
A Soldier's Shoes
... So, then, dear brother, the only way to realise and preserve 'the peace of God which
passes understanding' is to fling ourselves manfully into the fight to ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/a soldiers shoes.htm
Man and the New Covenant.
... in the same vividness as the typical figures of the harlot watching for her prey
like the Arab robber in the desert, the fowler crouching to fling his net, the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/2 man and the new.htm
A Group of Miracles
... Never does He fling a careless blessing as coarse benefactors fling their alms;
we shall hereafter see how far He was from leaving fallen bread to be snatched ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 1 29-34 a group of.htm
The Spirit of Power
... for a moment on the strong, young hand, and having thus either in symbol or
reality"never mind which"communicated power, he says to him, 'Fling open the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the spirit of power.htm
'Into Thy Hands'
... my spirit,' as a man standing in the midst of enemies, and bearing some precious
treasure in his hand might, with one strong cast of his arm, fling it into the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/into thy hands.htm
The Duty of Every Day
... its evening falls. Each day has its tasks, and if we do not do the tasks
of each day in its day, we shall fling away life. If a ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the duty of every day.htm
Salvation Nearer
... And if there be any occupations which dwindle into nothingness, and into which a
man cannot for the life of him fling himself with any thoroughgoing enthusiasm ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/salvation nearer.htm
The Goths
... a warrior! Fling away the sword, and take to the harrow. Let ... your ranks.
Fling off the half-Roman; be a true Goth once more. They ...
/.../gathering clouds a tale of the days of st chrysostom/chapter xxv the goths.htm
Thesaurus
Fling (5 Occurrences)... 1. (vt) To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence
as if thrown from the hand; as, to
fling a stone into the pond.
.../f/fling.htm - 9kThrow (135 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm,
to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl. ...
/t/throw.htm - 38k
Shy (2 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper. ...
7. (n.) A side throw; a throw; a fling. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/s/shy.htm - 7k
Outside (215 Occurrences)
... Then the king said to the servants, "'Bind him hand and foot and fling him into
the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth ...
/o/outside.htm - 36k
Lies (208 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses,
let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our ...
/l/lies.htm - 35k
Flimsy (1 Occurrence)
/f/flimsy.htm - 6k
Flinging (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fling. Multi-Version Concordance
Flinging (2 Occurrences). Matthew 27:5 Flinging the ...
/f/flinging.htm - 7k
Flung (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Fling. 2. (v.) imp. & pp of
Fling. Multi-Version Concordance Flung (11 Occurrences). ...
/f/flung.htm - 9k
Toss (13 Occurrences)
... grammar. 7. (vi) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write;
to fling. 8. (vi) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. ...
/t/toss.htm - 10k
Readily (22 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses,
let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our ...
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Bible Concordance
Fling (5 Occurrences)Matthew 22:13 "The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants, "'Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.'
(WEY)
Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
(WEY)
Ezekiel 7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
(See NAS)
Ezekiel 32:4 I will leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.
(See RSV)
Daniel 8:12 The army was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through disobedience; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure
(See NAS)
Subtopics
Fling
Related Terms
Throw (135 Occurrences)
Shy (2 Occurrences)
Outside (215 Occurrences)
Lies (208 Occurrences)
Flimsy (1 Occurrence)
Flinging (2 Occurrences)
Flung (11 Occurrences)
Toss (13 Occurrences)
Readily (22 Occurrences)
Encumbrance (2 Occurrences)
Endurance (31 Occurrences)
Patient (34 Occurrences)
Cast (640 Occurrences)
Aloud (141 Occurrences)
Stood (491 Occurrences)
Speechless (8 Occurrences)
Vast (54 Occurrences)
Hurl (14 Occurrences)
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