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

Season five ended abruptly after a video leaked of Taylor Frankie Paul throwing a stool at her ex Dakota Mortensen and almost hitting her daughter.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Do military guys have a history of throwing grenades into Port-o-Lets?

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of throwing

Verb

By nightfall, the protests turned violent, people hurling bricks and taking down the American flag in favor of the Confederate colors.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Ryan released the child, after which he was handcuffed and is accused of hurling insults at the responding police officer, according to the police report.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurling

Verb

Tyler told her the procession put a smile on everyone’s face, particularly when the grandmothers abandoned the usual petal-tossing technique and began throwing flowers at the guests instead.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Dispose of medications and other products according to local guidelines, rather than tossing everything into the trash (which could be a serious safety and environmental hazard).

— Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of tossing

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