Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To throw with great force; fling. synonym: throw.
- intransitive verb To cause to move with great force or violence.
- intransitive verb To send with great vigor; thrust.
- intransitive verb To utter vehemently.
- intransitive verb Slang To vomit (the contents of the stomach).
- intransitive verb To move with great speed, force, or violence; hurtle.
- intransitive verb To throw something with force.
- intransitive verb Slang To vomit.
- intransitive verb Baseball To pitch the ball.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of throwing with violence.
- noun Tumult; riot; commotion.
- noun A scolding.
- noun A whirlpool; whirling water.
- noun Conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a drive.
- To whirl; turn round rapidly.
- To turn; twist.
- To wheel; convey by means of a wheeled vehicle.
- To whirl; turn rapidly; rush or dash.
- To be wheeled or conveyed in a wheeled vehicle.
- noun A hurdle.
- To throw; fling; toss: without the idea of violent or impetuous motion.
- To throw with violence; send whirling or whizzing through the air; fling with great force.
- To drag with violence.
- Figuratively, to emit or utter with vehemence.
- To throw; fling; discharge a missile.
- To rush.
- To fall or strike with violence.
- To play at the game of hurling.
- noun Same as
harl , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force.
- transitive verb To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity.
- transitive verb obsolete, obsolete To twist or turn.
- noun The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
- noun obsolete Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
- noun (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
- intransitive verb rare To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
- intransitive verb To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
- intransitive verb To play the game of hurling. See
Hurling .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
throw (something) with force. - verb transitive To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
- verb intransitive To participate in the sport of
hurling . - verb intransitive (
slang ) Tovomit . - noun A
throw , especially a violent throw; afling . - noun The act of
vomiting . - noun The act of hitting the
sliotar with thehurley . - noun Ulster (car)
ride - noun obsolete
tumult ;riot ;hurly-burly - noun obsolete A
table on whichfibre isstirred andmixed by beating with abow spring .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb utter with force; utter vehemently
- verb throw forcefully
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here's a quick culinary quiz for anyone who spent their college years racking up enough student loan debt to re-decorate a corporate CEO's office bathroom while being forced to subsist on food so vile it would make Upton Sinclair hurl from the grave.
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Here's a quick culinary quiz for anyone who spent their college years racking up enough student loan debt to re-decorate a corporate CEO's office bathroom while being forced to subsist on food so vile it would make Upton Sinclair hurl from the grave.
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Each player carries a hurl, which is a wooden paddle that is curved on the end with them.
The Daily Barometer 2010
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Here they perform amazing feats of strength and agility; the game principally consists in taking and carrying off the ball from the opposite party, after being hurled into the air, midway between two high pillars, which are the goals, and the party who bears off the ball to their pillar wins the game; each person having a racquet or hurl, which is an implement of a very curious construction, somewhat resembling a ladle or little hoop-net, with a handle near three feet in
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My lake back in TX (Lake Travis) is down about 41 'right now, all boat ramps are closed, you'd have to "hurl" the boat to get it to the water from the ramps.
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My lake back in TX (Lake Travis) is down about 41 'right now, all boat ramps are closed, you'd have to "hurl" the boat to get it to the water from the ramps.
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My lake back in TX (Lake Travis) is down about 41 'right now, all boat ramps are closed, you'd have to "hurl" the boat to get it to the water from the ramps.
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I been at alot of boat ramps here NOB, and believe me, "hurl" just may be the correct word. very funny! stevebrtx
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I been at alot of boat ramps here NOB, and believe me, "hurl" just may be the correct word. very funny! stevebrtx
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I been at alot of boat ramps here NOB, and believe me, "hurl" just may be the correct word. very funny! stevebrtx
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