verb · transitive · rare

hurtle

hurt·le

hurtle · hurtles · hurtled · hurtling

виступати, виставати

выступать

werfen, überstehen, erwarten

To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy mannerTo move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.

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UK/ˈhɜːtl̩/US/ˈhɜɹt(ə)l/

» A car came hurtling towards us.

Meaning

7 senses

(intransitive, literary, poetic)To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
Pieces of broken glass hurtled through the air.
fliegen, rasen, sausen
мча́тьсяmčátʹsja, нести́сьnestísʹ, донести́сьdonestísʹ
(archaic, literary, poetic, transitive)To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile.
schleudern, schmeißen
(archaic, literary, poetic, transitive)To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
(archaic, figuratively, literary, poetic, transitive)To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in writing.
(archaic, intransitive, literary, poetic)Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash.
(archaic, intransitive, literary, poetic)To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.
dröhnen, dumpf tönen, grummeln
move with or as if with a rushing sound
(archaic, figuratively, intransitive, literary, poetic)Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.
zusammenknallen, zusammenprallen

Examples

5 sentences

A car came hurtling towards us.
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The boomerang hurtled whistling through the air.
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The big, yellow bus came hurtling down the street.
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The avalanche hurtled tons of snow down the mountain.
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The chimp's eyes narrowed, ready to hurtle the stone at the slightest provocation.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to move rapidly, violently, or without control:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to propel or throw (something) hard or violently — see also fling, hurl:

to move rapidly, violently, or without control:

to make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to move with such a sound — see also clatter, rattle:

of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter — see also clash, jostle:

Origin

The verb is derived from Middle English hurtelen, hurtlen (“to cast, hurl, throw; to charg

The verb is derived from Middle English hurtelen, hurtlen (“to cast, hurl, throw; to charge at; to clash in combat, fight; to collide; to injure; to knock down; to propel, push, thrust; to rush; to stumble”) [and other forms], from hurten (“to injure, wound, hurt (physically or figuratively); to damage, impair; to hurt one’s feelings, humiliate; to receive an injury; to collide into; to propel, push, thrust; to stumble”) (see further at English hurt (verb)) + -el-, -elen (frequentative suffix). The English word is analysable as hurt (“(obsolete) to knock; to strike”) + -le (frequentative suffix).

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