hurley
or hurl·y
the game of hurling.
the leather-covered ball used in hurling.
the stick used in hurling, similar to a field hockey stick but with a wide, flat blade.
Informal. a club or cudgel.
Origin of hurley
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How to use hurley in a sentence
Indeed, in as much as clothes define us, hurley had the strange distinction of having her persona defined by a dress.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress | Tim Teeman | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll this buzz, the continued tabloid fascination with hurley, is down—absurdly—to that dress.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress | Tim Teeman | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn wearing it, hurley helped originate a wider revolution, too.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress | Tim Teeman | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn recent years, away from the screen, hurley has reinvented herself as a yummy mummy.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress | Tim Teeman | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe dress bizarrely burdened hurley with a ready-made character to play up to, which she did without overt complaint.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress | Tim Teeman | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Remembering this, Mac hurley forced his glance back to Pierre.
Riders of the Silences | John FrederickIt was later in the year when hurley with his whole-plate camera broke through the sea-ice—a sad affair for the camera.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawsonhurley dressed in full burberrys and went out to make a search, in which he was soon successful.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawsonhurley secured a couple of "snaps" at the expense of badly frost-bitten hands.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe solemn rites of "shut-eye" determined that Webb was to stay and make camp while hurley and I retraced our steps.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for hurley
/ (ˈhɜːlɪ) /
mainly British another word for hurling
Also called: hurley stick the stick used in playing hurling
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