fling

/flɪŋ/

意味: 投げ飛ばすこと、浮気、短期間の活動

例文: Momo had a brief fling with fish-flavored cookies.
　　  モモは魚味クッキーに一時的に夢中だった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: fling open(開け放つ), fling away(投げ捨てる), fling oneself(身を投げ出す)

定義: 物を勢いよく投げることや、短期間の情熱的な恋愛を指します。物を無造作に投げる動作や、短い間だけ続く恋愛関係を表現するのに使われます。

flingは約500,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a usually brief attempt
Noun: a brief indulgence of your impulses
Noun: the act of flinging
Verb: throw with force or recklessness
Verb: move in an abrupt or headlong manner
Verb: indulge oneself
Verb: throw or cast away

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

They had a brief fling last summer.(彼らは去年の夏に短い恋をした。)
She decided to fling the old papers away.(彼女は古い書類を投げ捨てることにした。)
He watched the kids fling snowballs in the yard.(彼は子供たちが庭で雪玉を投げ合うのを見ていた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he took a crack at it
Noun: I gave it a whirl
Verb: fling the frisbee
Verb: He flung himself onto the sofa
Verb: I splurged on a new TV
Verb: Put away your worries

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, crack, discard, dispose, fling, go, offer, pass, put away, splurge, spree, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out, whirl

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attempt, consume, get rid of, intemperance, move, throw

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): arouse, assume, batting, beat, best, bid, bob, bolt, bowling, brush, buck, bustle, cant, careen, chop, chuck, churn, climb, close, contribution, crack, crash, cull, cut, cut to, dance, deaerate, decaffeinate, decarbonate, decerebrate, dechlorinate, deep-six, defat, defenestrate, defibrinate, degrease, deionize, delist, deliver, delocalize, deoxygenate, destain, desulfurize, detick, devein, discard, diverge, dodge, drive, drop back, duck, dump, essay, exit, falter, fettle, fidget, flense, flesh, flex, flinch, fling, flip, flow, flurry, fly, foray, fritter, get down, grab, gravitate, ground, heave, hit the dirt, hop, hop on, hurl, jag, jerk, jettison, jolt, juggle, jump, kern, lavish, leaner, liberation, linger, list, lob, lunge, lurch, luxuriate, make way, mill, mope, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, mug’s game, nod, overspend, pass, pelt, pitch, pith, power play, profligacy, prostrate, pulsate, putter, quicken, reach, reciprocate, ridge, ringer, roll, run, scum, seeking, seesaw, separate, shake, shot, shy, sidle, skim, slam, slinging, slip, slough off, snap, splurge, spread, spree, startle, steal, stir, streak, stretch, strike out, striving, struggle, stumble, sweep, swoop, takeover attempt, teeter, test, throw, throw-in, thunder, turn, unbridle, unmuzzle, vibrate, wallow, wamble, weed out, whirl, wobble, work off, worst, writhe

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): abandon, close out, de-access, deep-six, dump, flip, jettison, retire, sell out, spending spree, trash, unlearn, waste

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: discard, disposal, disposition, fling, spree

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ing

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: