Thesaurus results for FLINGING

flinging

verb

present participle of fling

as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it

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Recent Examples of flinging The first one came on a chaotic sequence in front of the net, with center Carey Terrance inadvertently flinging the puck at his own net. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 In its breathless finale, Curry races through the mansion reconstructing every murder, flinging himself through doors and corridors while maintaining the verbal precision of a stage actor performing at double speed. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Similar tomato-flinging events have taken place in Florida, London, Amsterdam, the Colombian town of Sutamarchán and Hyderabad, India. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026 The black hole could have captured S301 while flinging its companion outward at tremendous speed. — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The image of Jesse flinging his glove into the air and falling to his knees in celebration will live forever in the minds of Mets fans. — New York Daily News, 26 July 2026 That’s when the animal hit McDaniel with its head, flinging him into the air. — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 That ocean storage is temporary; events like El Niño are the functional equivalent of flinging open the sauna door and letting the warmth cascade out. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2026 The video showed the person flinging open the office door and opening fire from the hallway. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flinging

Verb

Throwing safety to the winds could be throwing civilization into the trash.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
The pitching matchup sees Dustin May, a midseason acquisition, throwing for the Brewers.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of throwing

Verb

Last year, Schlittler delivered an all-time coming-of-age moment as a rookie in his postseason debut, hurling eight scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts against the Red Sox in the winner-take-all Game 3 of the Wild Card Series.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
But the ritual has increasingly gotten out of hand, culminating with someone hurling a chair into the crowd during the group’s performance last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, and reportedly sending one fan to the hospital.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of hurling

Verb

Trump’s tariff-slinging made companies less, not more, likely to put their faith in a North American supply chain, which is inextricably intertwined across a number of industries.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Steinem set out to expose the working conditions and interior lives of the bunnies slinging booze to the playboys who patronized the club.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026