flinger

[ fling-er ]

/ ˈflɪŋ ər /

noun

a person or thing that flings.

Also called slinger, thrower. a device, mounted on a rotating shaft, for throwing lubricant onto a bearing or for keeping grit out of a bearing by centrifugal force.

Origin of flinger

First recorded in 1490–1500; fling + -er¹

Words nearby flinger

Flinders bar, Flinders grass, Flinders Island, Flinders Range, fling, flinger, fling oneself at someone, fling (throw) down the gauntlet, flint, flint corn, flint glass

Example sentences from the Web for flinger

But though he leaned far out he could not discry the flinger of the pebble.
The Mesmerist's Victim|Alexandre Dumas
One stoops one's head before a stone flung at one, but what of the flinger whom one is not conscious of having seen?
Legends|August Strindberg
At other times he is the buccaneer, the flinger of foul oaths, and terrible damning curses.
At Suvla Bay|John Hargrave
Well, what the deuce is he worth to you after that, either as a framer of fact or flinger of fiction?
On the Heels of De Wet|The Intelligence Officer

单词	flinger
释义	flinger [ fling-er ] / ˈflɪŋ ər / noun a person or thing that flings. Also called slinger, thrower. a device, mounted on a rotating shaft, for throwing lubricant onto a bearing or for keeping grit out of a bearing by centrifugal force. Origin of flinger First recorded in 1490–1500; fling + -er¹ Words nearby flinger Flinders bar, Flinders grass, Flinders Island, Flinders Range, fling, flinger, fling oneself at someone, fling (throw) down the gauntlet, flint, flint corn, flint glass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flinger But though he leaned far out he could not discry the flinger of the pebble. The Mesmerist's Victim\|Alexandre Dumas One stoops one's head before a stone flung at one, but what of the flinger whom one is not conscious of having seen? Legends\|August Strindberg At other times he is the buccaneer, the flinger of foul oaths, and terrible damning curses. At Suvla Bay\|John Hargrave Well, what the deuce is he worth to you after that, either as a framer of fact or flinger of fiction? On the Heels of De Wet\|The Intelligence Officer
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