Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A gibe; a sarcasm; a severe or contemptuous remark.
  • To fling or wave in the air, as a banner; fling or throw out, as wine from a glass.
  • To rush away abruptly or angrily.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A gibe; a contemptuous remark.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To fling outward.

Etymologies

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out- +‎ fling

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Examples

  • Deronda, inclined by nature to take the side of those on whom the arrows of scorn were falling, could not help replying to Pash's outfling, and said --

    Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849

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  • Sharp retort or gibe. (from Phrontistery)

    May 25, 2008