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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 ()

hurl Related Forms

hurler noun

hurl Synonyms

hurl

v.

throw, cast, fling, heave; see throw 1. See syn. study at throw.

hurl Usage Examples

Object

  • insult: May you find the response to an insult hurled at you in a dispute.
  • grenade: The Marines shot them at close range and hurled grenades into the kitchen and bathroom, survivors and neighbors said later.
  • thunderbolt: The thunder spirits had even less success in trying to hurl thunderbolts at him.
  • projectile: The gun uses magnetic coils to create a pulse of energy which can hurl a projectile at more than two miles per second.
  • javelin: First of all, the charioteers drive all over the field hurling javelins.
  • abuse: The whole strand is little more than an excuse for Gordon Ramsay to hurl verbal abuse at people for no good reason.

Preposition: through

window: It looks, confusingly, not unlike a brick being hurled through a gold plate-glass window.

Preposition: into

air: A series of further massive explosions rock the ship as debris and flames are hurled into the air.

Modifies a noun

  • abuse: You'll also be asked to shout, scream and hurl abuse, so your lungs and vocal chords will get a workout.
  • insult: Don't women ever shout at their husbands, call them names, hurl insults?

Modifying Another Word

  • accidentally: The scientists out of panic accidentally hurling the wrong person back into the past.
  • back: Under the latter's onslaught the enemy was hurled back from the city for several miles.
  • then: I took a few steps back then hurled myself at the door with all my weight.
  • there: One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: " Aren't you the Christ?
  • also: Of course, it can also hurl them apart.
  • not: When he was not hurling himself at the entire Hearts defense he was back defending.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • down: The farce of Florentine politics, its victims hurled down into the dark boiling river of death or exile.
  • around: I stared resolutely at the floor, but each bend and curve felt like we were being hurled around in some mad fairground ride.
  • out: The streets were littered with the corpses which were hurled out of the windows.

Followed by a transitive particle

down: He was hurling down a staircase in absolute darkness.

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