hurl

[hurl]

When you hurl something, you throw it hard. You might hurl your shoe at a horrible bug if it suddenly scuttled across the floor.

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To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

Noun
a violent throw

Verb
utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone"

Verb
throw forcefully

Verb
make a thrusting forward movement


v. t.
To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

v. t.
To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.

v. t.
To twist or turn.

v. i.
To hurl one's self; to go quickly.

v. i.
To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).

v. i.
To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.

n.
The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.

n.
Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.

n.
A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.


Hurl

Hurl , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. &root;16. See Hurtle.] 1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.
And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser. 3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] Fuller.

Hurl

Hurl, v. i. 1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.] 2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
God shall hurl at him and not spare.
3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.

Hurl

Hurl, n. 1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve. 2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles. 3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.

To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

To hurl one's self; to go quickly.

The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.

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Usage Examples

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

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