hurdle
hurdle
Definition
hur·dle (hʉrd′'l)
noun
- Chiefly Brit. a portable frame made of interlaced twigs, etc., used as a temporary fence or enclosure
- a kind of frame or sled on which prisoners in England were drawn through the streets to execution
- any of a series of framelike barriers over which horses or runners must leap in a special race (the hurdles)
- a difficulty to be overcome; obstacle
Etymology: ME hirdel < OE hyrdel < Gmc base *hurd-, wickerwork, hurdle, akin to hyrd, door, Frank *hurda, a pen, fold < IE base *kert-, to plait, twist together > L cratis (see crate), Gr kyrtos, bird cage
transitive verb -·dled, -·dling
- to enclose or fence off with hurdles
- to jump over (a barrier), as in a race
- to overcome (an obstacle)
hur′·dler noun
hurdle
Synonyms
hurdle
n.
A physical barrier
barricade, earthwork, blockade; see barrier.Something in one's way
complication, obstacle, obstruction; see difficulty 1, impediment 1, interference 1.
hurdle
Synonyms
hurdle
v.
hurdle
Usage Examples
Object
- debut: Wetherby Races 11th May 2006 Turbulent Flight was making her hurdling debut in the two mile conditional jockeys race.
Converse of object
- overcome: However, once you overcome these hurdles, the software is a very pleasant to use.
- surmount: Even if he surmounted those hurdles, there was a further problem, as Ron pointed out on UK national television.
- jump: Peter feels he is jumping hurdles all the time with work produced against the odds.
- leap: Their job is to ensure that the number of young people leaping the hurdle increases year on year.
Adjective modifier
- 400m: Woodward, coached by Matt Hargreaves, also picked up a gold medal in the 400m hurdles.
- 80m: Amy Lloyd scored a bloodless victory in the 80m hurdles winning in 13.2 secs.
- 110m: The 110m hurdles drew only two athletes - both from Wakefield.
- 75m: She won the 100m and 75m hurdles in 13.4 and 12.5 and the long jump with 4.65 meters.
- 100m: Ruth Dales faced Atlanta Olympic hurdles heroine Angie Thorpe representing Wigan AC in the A 100m hurdles.
- 300m: Katie Hewitt at 300m hurdles was 6th in her heat in 48.32 secs.
Modifies a noun
- B: De Jager also won the sprint hurdles B race.
Noun used with modifier
- aug/sept: Cheers Bee __________________ Me 30 fsh10 PCOS DH 59 failed vas reversal 1st ICSI stopped poor responce 2nd ICSI aug/sept Hurdles galore!
- no-lawsuit: Even if the that is discriminatory the no-lawsuit hurdle.
- sprint: However, both of Jackson's chief rivals for the sprint hurdles title also made it into the second round later today.
- handicap: Murphy said: " Spring Breeze will run in the two and a half mile handicap hurdle.
- meter: The race to the finish soon became a 100 meter hurdle sprint.
- novice: The Saltire Tiger was running in the two and a half mile novice hurdle.
Possessives
- novice: Ballynure ran in the novices ' hurdle, which was a very competitive race.
Preposition: in
- sec: Katie Hewitt won 300m hurdles in 46.4 and was 2nd in 80m hurdles in 12.4 sec.
Browse dictionary entries near hurdle
- Hupeh
- Hupa
- hup
- Huon pine
- Hunyadi
- Huntsville
- huntsman
- huntress
- Huntington's disease
- Huntington Park
- hurdle rate
- hurdy-gurdy
- hurl
- hurling
- hurly
- hurly-burly
- Huron
- hurrah
- hurray
- hurricane
