Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who flings; a thrower, jeerer, etc.
  • noun One who dances a fling.

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

  • noun One who flings; one who jeers.

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

  • noun One who flings or hurls something.
  • noun One who jeers.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

fling +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Every great poo flinger is convinced that his poo is absolutely the best poo on the planet.

    Dark Matter Can Enlighten Minds 2008

  • You bought an atomic tirolera, whereas mine is the little "flinger" you described as unknown in North America, the tool actually commonly known in these parts as a tirolera.

    Tirol / Estuco (Stucco) 2002

  • There is also a tyrolean 'flinger', a mechanical flap flings the finish stucco in large globs, it is called a Tyrolean finish but I never seen one in North America - it is a Swiss/Austrian decoration.

    Tirol / Estuco (Stucco) 2002

  • : There is also a tyrolean 'flinger', a mechanical flap flings the finish stucco in large globs, it is called a Tyrolean finish but I never seen one in North America - it is a Swiss/Austrian decoration.

    Tirol / Estuco (Stucco) 2002

  • Just as a well-flung pie could enliven a staid live performance, so pies injected new energy into children's TV when the phantom flan flinger ran riot on Tiswas.

    Culture flash: custard pies 2011

  • John Prescott, the dimmest dumbcluck ever appointed to Government, had a refined way of campaigning: if someone expressed dissent by, say, hurling a nicely over-ripe tomato at him, he would retaliate by smacking the tomato-flinger smartly on the snout in best Hull Ferry Steward style.

    Archive 2008-02-24 2008

  • Regardless of who went to the mound for the black team, sports editor Sec Taylor wrote, “The major leaguers will face a good flinger.”

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Maybe for the next General Election they could ask Chris Tarrant, Lenny Henry and Sally James to host an election night Tiswas as part of the coverage - putting the studio representatives from each of the main parties in the gunge tank and getting the flan flinger to surprise politicians whilst being interviewed.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Wait wait…you are telling me my age is going to keep me from auditioning for my dream role of slushy flinger?

    Want to be on Glee? 2010

  • John Prescott, the dimmest dumbcluck ever appointed to Government, had a refined way of campaigning: if someone expressed dissent by, say, hurling a nicely over-ripe tomato at him, he would retaliate by smacking the tomato-flinger smartly on the snout in best Hull Ferry Steward style.

    Excuse My French! 2008

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