Attempt
Attempt noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.
Usage example: it took several attempts before we made good ice cream with an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream freezer
Fling and attempt are semantically related in try topic. In some cases you can use "Fling" instead a noun "Attempt".
Nearby Words: attempted, attempting
Fling
Fling noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.
Usage example: take a fling at waterskiing and see how it goes
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Synonyms for Fling
Attempt and fling are semantically related in try topic. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a noun "Fling", if it concerns topics such as unrestrained behavior.
Nearby Word: flinging
How words are described
| brief | brief attempt | brief fling |
| big | big attempt | big fling |
| little | little attempt | little fling |
| early | early attempt | early fling |
| Other adjectives: final, short-lived, later, ill-advised, next, last, latest, recent, earlier, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The party also does one by accident when their attempt to use a Spike is disrupted by an explosion, causing it to fling them in an unintended direction.
Source: Video Game / Anachronox - In The Godfather, expect that pedestrians will somehow, in an attempt to jump out of the way of your car, instead fling themselves into your path.
- She breaks up with Rick after a brief fling, and this causes him to attempt suicide.
Source: New Old Flame
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