hurl

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verb (used with object)
  1. to throw or fling with great force or vigor.

  2. to throw or cast down.

  1. to utter with vehemence: to hurl insults at the umpire.

verb (used without object)
  1. to throw a missile.

  2. Baseball. to pitch a ball.

noun
  1. a forcible or violent throw; fling.

Origin of hurl

1
1175–1225; Middle English hurlen, equivalent to hur- (perhaps akin to hurry) + -len-le; akin to Low German hurreln to toss, Frisian hurreln to roar (said of the wind), dialectal German hurlen to roll, rumble (said of thunder)

Other words for hurl

Other words from hurl

  • hurler, noun
  • outhurl, verb (used with object)
  • un·hurled, adjective

Words that may be confused with hurl

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How to use hurl in a sentence

  • It is he was young and comely and strong, the best reaper and the best hurler.

    Seven Short Plays | Lady Gregory
  • The blow given by a hurler to the ball with his caman or hurley is always called a puck.

  • We know thee not, but thou art a good hurler and not otherwise, as we think, unmeet to bear us company.

    The Coming of Cuculain | Standish O'Grady
  • The Greeks referred the flash of lightning to Zeus, the lightning-hurler.

  • By-the-by, I see you have made use of the word 'howl' (hurler).

    An Englishman in Paris | Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam

British Dictionary definitions for hurl

hurl

/ (hɜːl) /


verb
  1. (tr) to throw or propel with great force

  2. (tr) to utter with force; yell: to hurl insults

  1. (hʌrl) Scot to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle

noun
  1. the act or an instance of hurling

  2. (hʌrl) Scot a ride in a driven vehicle

Origin of hurl

1
C13: probably of imitative origin

Derived forms of hurl

  • hurler, noun

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