Thesaurus results for FLINGS

flings 1 of 2

noun

plural of fling

as in sprees

a time or instance of carefree fun most families spend Labor Day weekend having one last summer fling

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as in tries

an effort to do or accomplish something take a fling at waterskiing and see how it goes

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as in affairs

a brief romantic relationship an ill-advised fling with a coworker

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flings

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fling

as in throws

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 flings

Noun

Before Harry and Markle were together, the royal was spotted with many girlfriends and brief flings over the years. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 29 Aug. 2026 Puppy love and summer flings abound when Tom Holland's Peter Parker goes on a European vacation to spend quality time with his crush MJ (Zendaya) and instead gets thrown into a few international incidents. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026 Throughout this dense and always engrossing survey of Lean’s career in film, Thompson threads the vicissitudes of the director’s personal life, spanning six wives and various other relationships and flings. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2026 Some other royal biographers believe Elizabeth also cheated, perhaps in response to Philip’s flings. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 May 2026 Peter wondered how his flings from Christopher Street might look when photographed. — Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026 This one, written by Ryan Hurd, Jaxson Free and Daniel Ross, is going to be the soundtrack for beach flings all summer long. — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2026 The haphazard plot twists itself into knots to include Jeremy Pope’s unfortunately eponymous character, before moving on to far shorter flings with equally monotonous cast members. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026 Skarsgård played one of Donna’s former flings, Bill, in both films. — Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026

Verb

Surveillance footage of the incident shared by Palermo Today shows a number of passengers throwing punches, before one guest flings a chair at another. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 Its highly specialized strategy likely evolved to take advantage of the ant’s natural aggression and then overcome its defenses; the slingshot mechanism flings the ant from the foraging trail, reducing the risk that the spider will be swarmed by other workers, the researchers hypothesized. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 June 2026 That pressure flings some of the hot gas outward in the form of a wind. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 June 2026 Knowing that there's no escape, Laurie makes her way to the roof of her home, ties a rope around her neck, and flings herself off the ledge, dying instantly. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 All that’s left is a frantic kickout to Embiid, which flings wide left. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026 Miranda flings furs across desks like royal decrees. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2026 Bubela corralls a grounder and flings it to first for an out. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026 Isabelle slides off Sarah’s lap, flings the towel, pulls on her swimming mask, grabs her mom’s hand and tugs her toward the pool. — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026

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Anthropic, Meta and Google have since reported similar autonomous hacking sprees.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, every day, SNAP theft sprees keep popping up in new corners of the country.

— Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of sprees

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For example, using a quantum computer to break the current RSA-2048 encryption employed in website security, banking and electronic ID cards would require magic states that would fail only once in 10 billion tries.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
Seguin’s goal, tying the score late in the first period, was Dallas’ first home power-play goal in eight tries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of tries

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City and county cultural affairs officials presented complementary efforts.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach and current NBC Sports NFL analyst Mike Tomlin offered his perspective on what a players-only meeting can signal about a team’s state of affairs.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of affairs

Verb

The people-watching can be just as good as the art, as creative types from around the city come here to find inspiration—especially during the summer months, when the museum throws its popular experimental music parties called Warm Up.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Worth runs for 115 yards and throws two scoring passes for the Midshipmen.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of throws

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On the west coast, Gros and Petit Piton (Saint Lucia’s iconic volcanoes) rise from beneath the gin-clear sea to shelter the curvaceous coves at Anse Chastanet and Jalousie Beach, which inspire From Here To Eternity-style romps on the shore.

— Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
Spring break isn’t just for partying college kids and family theme-park romps.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of romps

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Trump’s attempts to fire Cook from the Fed’s seven-member board of governors represent the first time in the central bank’s 113-year history that a president has sought to remove a Fed governor.

— Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
If anything, Trump’s escalating attempts to strong-arm people into a supposedly nicer term for AI makes him — and the industry itself — look awfully weak.

— Adi Robertson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of attempts

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The elder sisters’ romances with good (George MacKay as Edward Ferrars) and bad men (Frank Dillane as John Willoughby).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Composed of 160 photographs taken across the past seven decades by 118 photographers, the show suggests the jobs, romances, family life, and lazy afternoons that could have been his.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026