flingy

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English

Etymology

fling +‎ -y

Adjective

flingy (comparative flingier, superlative flingiest)

  1. Characterized by flinging.
    • 1991, Marcia B. Siegel, The Tail of the Dragon: New Dance, 1976-1982, page 121:
      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.

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