flingy

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adjective

Characterized by flinging.

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Meanings

adjectiveflingy (comparative flingier, superlative flingiest)

comparative flingier · superlative flingiest

  1. Characterized by flinging.

    Red Notes/Get Wreck lost whatever form I imagined it had in the cavernous Lepercq Space at Brooklyn Academy and became a stupefying recital of flingy spurts of motion and meaningless handling of props like cigarettes and fans.

    1991, Marcia B. Siegel, The Tail of the Dragon: New Dance, 1976-1982, page 121

Origin

From fling + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

flying
Cite this entry
APA

flingy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flingy

MLA

“flingy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flingy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flingy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flingy.

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