have a fling (with someone)

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have a fling (with someone)

To have a brief, noncommittal sexual relationship (with someone). I had a few flings in college, but it was only after I graduated that I started having any serious relationships. The professor lost her job for having a fling with one of her students.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Folant	-	Welsh
Zelda (1)	-	Yiddish
ArnÓRr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Victoria	vik-TAWR-ee-ə (English), vik-TO-ree-ah (German)	English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Margit	-	Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian
Gereon	GE-re-awn (German)	German, Late Roman