noun

• (figuratively) An attempt, a try.
  "give it a fling"
• (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.
  "I, who love to have a fling, / Both at senate house and king."
• (dance) A lively Scottish country dance.
  "the Highland fling"
• (obsolete) A trifling matter; an object of contempt.
  "ante 1800, old proverb England were but a fling / Save for the crooked stick and the grey goose wing."

verb

• (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  "'Tis Fate that casts the Dice, and as she flings, Of Kings makes Pedants, and of Pedants Kings."
• (intransitive, now archaic) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
  "And crop-full, out of doors he flings."
• (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
  "The horse flung most potently, making his heels fly aloft in the air."
• (intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
  "The scold began to flout and fling."