Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable)A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.

    He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres.

    a violent throw

  2. (countable, slang, uncountable)The act of vomiting.

    Open the window! I've gotta take a hurl.

  3. (slang, uncountable)Vomit.

  4. (countable)The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.

  5. (Scotland, Ulster, countable, slang)A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc.

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.

  7. (countable, obsolete)A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.

Examples

34 sentences
  1. Without gravity we would be hurled off into space.

  2. What are the differences between hurling and camogie?

    Чим відрізняється камоджі від герлінгу? — deniko

  3. Camogie is a team sport played by women that is almost identical to hurling.

    Камоджі — жіночий командний вид спорту, майже те саме, що герлінг. — deniko

  4. They hurled abuse at one another.

  5. He hurled a spear at his enemy.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English hurlen, of onomatopoeic origin; compare hurry, hurtle.

Inherited from Middle English hurlen, of onomatopoeic origin; compare hurry, hurtle.

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Forms

plural: hurls
Singularhurl
Pluralhurls

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a violent throw:cast

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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