FLING Copy link • FLING 1. s. PROPR., [Vid. THROW, s.] IMPROPR., Gibe, sarcasm, oratio obliqua: sententia obliqua (things said with allusion to anybody): dicterium (sarcastic derision). To have a fling at a person, aliquem obliquis orationibus carpere: aliquem oblique perstringere: jaculari in aliquem obliquis sententiis: to have some flings at anything, quaedam jacere de aliqua re (e.g., de cultu, habitu, etc., Tac.). A kick with the heel; e.g., of a horse, etc., calcitratus (Plin., 8, 44, 69). 2. v. Vid: To THROW.