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hurl

  [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.
3. to utter with vehemence: to hurl insults at the umpire.
–verb (used without object)
4. to throw a missile.
5. Baseball. to pitch a ball.
–noun
6. a forcible or violent throw; fling.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME hurlen, equiv. to hur- (perh. akin to hurry ) + -len -le; akin to LG hurreln to toss, Fris hurreln to roar (said of the wind), dial. G hurlen to roll, rumble (said of thunder)

Related forms:
hurler, noun

Synonyms:
1. cast, pitch.
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hurl   (hûrl)   
v.   hurled, hurl·ing, hurls

v.   tr.

  1. To throw with great force; fling. See Synonyms at throw.

  2. To send with great vigor; thrust: hurled the army against the enemy.

  3. To throw down; overthrow.

  4. To utter vehemently: hurled insults at the speaker.

  5. Slang To vomit (the contents of the stomach).

v.   intr.

  1. To move with great speed, force, or violence; hurtle.

  2. To throw something with force.

  3. Slang To vomit.

  4. Baseball To pitch the ball.


[Middle English hurlen.]
hurl n., hurl'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
hurl

  1. in.
    to empty one's stomach; to vomit. (Like the throw in throw up. See also earl.) : I think I gotta go hurl.
  2. n.
    vomit. : There's hurl all over the bathroom floor!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hurl 
c.1225, hurlen, probably related to Low Ger. hurreln "to throw, to dash," and E.Fris. hurreln "to roar, to bluster." OED suggests all are from onomatopoeic *hurr "expressing rapid motion;" see also hurry. For difference between hurl and hurtle (which apparently were confused since early M.E.) see hurtle.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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