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Schleudern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  • fling verb To throw something suddenly and with force.
  • heave verb To lift, pull, or throw something heavy with a lot of effort.
  • hurl verb To throw something with great force.
  • hurtle verb To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
  • skid noun An uncontrolled sliding movement, as when a vehicle's wheels lose grip.
  • sling verb To throw something with a swinging or arcing motion.
  • spin verb To turn around quickly on an axis.

Senses

Schleudern is used for these senses in English:

  • dash (transitive) To throw violently.
  • fling An act of throwing, often violently.
  • fling (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  • hurl (transitive) To throw (something) with force.
  • hurtle To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
  • skid An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
  • sling The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
  • sling To throw with a sling.

dash — full definition

  1. verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  2. verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
  3. noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.

fling — full definition

  1. verb To throw something suddenly and with force.
  2. noun A brief, casual romantic or sexual relationship.
  3. noun A short period of enthusiastic, unrestrained enjoyment.

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