"flinging" meaning in English

See flinging in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈflɪŋɪŋ/ Forms: flingings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} flinging (plural flingings)
  1. The act by which something is flung.
    Sense id: en-flinging-en-noun-0PRV0i2T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9

Verb

IPA: /ˈflɪŋɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flinging
  1. present participle and gerund of fling Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fling
    Sense id: en-flinging-en-verb-E68q55ka

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflɪŋɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flinging"
}

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "flingings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
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          "ref": "1880–1881, Thomas Hardy, chapter VII, in A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1881, →OCLC, book the third (De Stancy), page 147:",
          "text": "[T]he prominent character of leading young lady or heroine, which Paula was to personate, was really the most satisfactory in the whole list for her. For although she was to be wooed hard, there was just as much love-making among the remaining personages; while, as Somerset had understood the play, there could occur no flingings of her person upon her lover's neck, or agonized downfalls upon the stage, in her whole performance, [...]",
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        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈflɪŋɪŋ/"
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    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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          "ref": "1880–1881, Thomas Hardy, chapter VII, in A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1881, →OCLC, book the third (De Stancy), page 147:",
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      ],
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        "The act by which something is flung."
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          "flung",
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        ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "flinging"
}

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