Throwing something with force and a sudden movement, often forcefully or carelessly.
From Old Norse 'flenga' meaning to flog or strike. The verb evolved to mean throwing with violence or force, and the present participle '-ing' form creates the continuous action of throwing repeatedly.
Medieval warriors would 'fling' weapons into battle, and that violent, aggressive sense of the word is still hiding in the word today—when you fling something, you're echoing centuries of people hurling things with real force!
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