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hurl (hʉrl)

transitive verb

  1. to throw or fling with force or violence
  2. to cast down; overthrow
  3. to utter vehemently to hurl insults
  4. ☆ Baseball, Informal to pitch

Etymology: ME hurlen, prob. of ON echoic orig. as in Dan hurle, to whir, Norw hurla, to buzz

intransitive verb

  1. to throw or fling something
  2. to move with force or violence; rush
  3. ☆ Baseball, Informal to pitch
  4. Slang to vomit

noun

  1. a hurling
  2. Slang vomit ()

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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