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fling

/fˈlɪŋ/FLING
/fˈlɪŋ/FLING

Meaningto strike

Common meaning: to throw hard

Journey through time

  1. Swedishflanga‘to act violently’source
  2. Middle Englishflongsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto act violently → to throw hardfling‘to throw hard’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Swedish flanga ‘to strike’.

Roots

  • flanga Swedish “to strike”

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