- 4. Volley, shower.
Flighty, a. Giddy, wild, volatile, mercurial, frivolous, capricious, fickle, whimsical, unbalanced, light- headed, without ballast.
Flimsy, a.
- 1. Slight, thin, unsubstantial, of frail texture.
- 2. Weak, feeble, trivial, frivolous, foolish, trifling, light, puerile, shallow, superficial, trashy.
Flinch, v. n. Shrink, withdraw, retreat, swerve, wince, draw back, hold back.
Flindermouse, n. Bat, flittermouse, flickermouse.
Flinders, n. pl. Splinters, fragments.
Fling, v. a.
- 1. Throw, cast, hurl, toss, dart, pitch, flirt, chuck, shy.
- 2. Prostrate, overthrow, throw to the ground, throw down.
Fling, v. n.
- 1. Flounce, wince, fly into violent motions.
- 2. Start or rush angrily, flounce.
- 3. Jeer, sneer, gibe, flout, upbraid.
Fling, n.
- 1. Throw, cast, toss.
- 2. Jeer, gibe, flout, scoff, sneer, taunt.
Fling away. Reject, discard, throw away.
Fling open. Throw open, open suddenly.
Fling up. Relinquish, abandon.
Flippancy, n.
- 1. Volubility, fluency.