Dictionary entry

Fling (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fling (?), v. i. 1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.

2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.

3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

And crop-full, out of doors he flings. Milton.

I flung closer to his breast,

As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath. Mrs. Browning.

To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.