1. To add an enlivening or altering element to.
2. To destroy or break.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: flung).
1. To move in an abrupt or headlong manner.
2. To throw with force or recklessness.
1. To throw forcefully; SYN. hurtle, cast.
2. To utter with force; utter vehemently; SYN. throw.
1. To slide sideways; SYN. slip, slue, slew, slide.
2. To slide without control, as of a car that does not grip the road.
3. To apply a brake or skid to.
4. To elevate onto skids.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: slung).
1. To cast with a sudden and usually sweeping or swirling motion.r />
2. To throw with or as if with a sling.
3. To serve (food) to a customer.
4. To place in a sling for hoisting or lowering.
5. To suspend by or as if by a sling.
6. To hurl as if with a sling; SYN. catapult.
1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
2. To throw lightly or casually.
1. One that breaks away; a departure from or rejection of (as a group or tradition)
2. A play (as in hockey) in which an offensive player breaks free of the defenders and rushes toward the goal; a sudden acceleration by one or more bicyclists pulling away from the pack in a race
3. An object made to shatter or collapse under pressure or impact
4. The act of breaking away or withdrawing from; SYN. breaking away.
ETYM Icel. skîth a billet of wood. Related to Shide.
An unexpected slide; SYN. slip, sideslip.