flung
pronunciation
How to pronounce flung in British English:
UK [flʌŋ]
How to pronounce flung in American English:
US [flʌŋ]
Word Origin
- flung
- past participle of fling (v.).
Example
- 1. Eg. he flung the paper away in disgust .
- 2. In exasperation he took off his own hat and flung it to the ground .
- 3. When boxer heard this he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in summer to keep the flies out of his ears , and flung it onto the fire with the rest .
- 4. Anyone who 's had a pair of chopsticks flung dismissively at them by one of china 's army of surly waitresses may find it hard to believe the country would ever develop much in the way of tertiary industry .
- 5. That victory notwithstanding , the tigers have suffered the so-called " curse of the colonel " since 1985 when rapturous fans flung a statue from a nearby kentucky fried chicken outlet into the canal 's depths . It is a tribute to their murkiness that , despite frequent dredging , the colonel has never been found .