fling
Base form
fling
/flɪŋ/
Past simple
flung
/flʌŋ/
Past participle
flung
/flʌŋ/
MeaningC1
to throw something somewhere with force, often carelessly
to fling your arms around someone
In use
- Negative · Form 1Don’t fling your wet towel on the bed!
- After a modal verb · Form 1You could fling the windows open to let in some air.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday Tom flung his bag on the floor and ran upstairs.
- Past simple · Form 2When she saw her dad at the airport, she flung her arms around him.
- Present perfect · Form 3Someone has flung a shopping trolley into the canal.
- Passive · Form 3The doors were flung open and the crowd poured in.
Watch out
Flung, never flinged or flang: she flung the door open.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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