Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

fling

/ˈflɪŋ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms flings flinging flung flang flinged

  1. noun An act of throwing, often violently.
  2. noun An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance. “the fling of a horse”
  3. noun An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
  4. noun A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship. “a summer fling”
  5. noun (figuratively) An attempt, a try. “give it a fling”
  6. noun (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.
  7. noun (dance) A lively Scottish country dance. “the Highland fling”
  8. noun A party, especially a dance party. “a spring fling”
  9. verb (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  10. verb (intransitive, somewhat literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
  11. verb (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
  12. verb (intransitive, somewhat literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer. “The scold began to flout and fling.”
  13. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

affairette dalliance hookup liaison chuck pitch bung cast chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave hield hoy huck hurl hurtle crack go pass whirl offer spree splurge discard toss toss out

Etymology

From Middle English fling, from the verb (see below). Compare Icelandic flengur (“a fast sprint”).

From Middle English flyngen, from Old Norse flengja (“to whip”), from Proto-Germanic *flangijaną (“to beat, whip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to beat”). Cognate with Icelandic flengja (“to spank”), Norwegian flengja (“to rip, tear, or fling open”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.
  2. verb To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
  3. verb To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.
  4. verb To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.

Etymology [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. flänga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “fling”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “fling” (best matches first).

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