Hurl Definition

hûrl
hurled, hurling, hurls
verb
hurled, hurling, hurls
To throw or fling with force or violence.
Webster's New World
To move with force or violence; rush.
Webster's New World
To cast down; overthrow.
Webster's New World
To pitch.
Webster's New World
To send with great vigor; thrust.
Hurled the army against the enemy.
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noun
hurls
A hurling.
Webster's New World

A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.

He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres.
A hurl of abuse.
Wiktionary

The act of vomiting.

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(hurling) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.

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(Ulster) (car) Ride.

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Origin of Hurl

  • Middle English hurlen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hurl Sentence Examples

  • They hurl insults, innuendo, and threats.

  • I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy.

  • Of course, it can also hurl them apart.

  • We also use enormous slingshots to hurl rocks at our enemies.

  • Lawrence saw that the surest way to prevent the Mutiny from spreading from the sepoy army of Bengal to the recently conquered fighting races of the Punjab was to hurl the Sikh at the Hindu; instead of taking measures for the defence of the Punjab, he acted on the old principle that the best defence is attack, and promptly organized a force for the reduction of Delhi, with the ardent co-operation of born leaders like John Nicholson, Neville Chamberlain and Herbert Edwardes.

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Words Starting With

HHUHUR

Words Ending With

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Words Starting With H and Ending With L

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