FLUNG
What does "FLUNG" mean?
The past tense and past participle of 'fling': threw or hurled with force.
Meanings
- Past tense and past participle of 'fling': to have thrown or moved with sudden force. She flung the door open and stormed inside.
- Past participle of 'fling' in the sense of having thrown oneself into something wholeheartedly. He had flung himself into the new job without a backward glance. figurative
Word origin
The past form of 'fling', from Middle English 'flingen', probably of Scandinavian origin; it follows the same vowel-change pattern as 'sting/stung' and 'swing/swung'.
Remember it
FLUNG belongs to the -UNG family with STUNG, SWUNG, and CLUNG - all past tenses with the same hard finish.
A little poem
Far-flung paper plane-
it carried the whole bored class
out the open pane.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the grammarian to throw me a good past tense. She flung me 'flung' - and that was both the verb and the demonstration.
What it teaches
Once something is flung, it belongs to the air; you only ever control the letting go.
Quick facts
What does FLUNG mean?
The past tense and past participle of 'fling': threw or hurled with force.
Is FLUNG a valid word?
Yes — FLUNG is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FLUNG?
FLUNG has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FLUNG come from?
The past form of 'fling', from Middle English 'flingen', probably of Scandinavian origin; it follows the same vowel-change pattern as 'sting/stung' and 'swing/swung'.
What can FLUNG teach us?
Once something is flung, it belongs to the air; you only ever control the letting go.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.