Hurl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To throw with great force; fling. See Synonyms at throw.
  • v. To send with great vigor; thrust: hurled the army against the enemy.
  • v. To throw down; overthrow.
  • v. To utter vehemently: hurled insults at the speaker.
  • v. Slang To vomit (the contents of the stomach).
  • verb-intransitive. To move with great speed, force, or violence; hurtle.
  • verb-intransitive. To throw something with force.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To vomit.
  • verb-intransitive. Baseball To pitch the ball.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To throw (something) with force.
  • v. To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
  • v. To participate in the sport of hurling.
  • v. (slang) To vomit.
  • n. A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
  • n. The act of vomiting.
  • n. The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
  • n. (car) ride
  • n. tumult; riot; hurly-burly
  • n. A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force.
  • v. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity.
  • v. To twist or turn.
  • verb-intransitive. To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To throw; fling; toss: without the idea of violent or impetuous motion.
  • To throw with violence; send whirling or whizzing through the air; fling with great force.
  • To drag with violence.
  • Figuratively, to emit or utter with vehemence.
  • To throw; fling; discharge a missile.
  • To rush.
  • To fall or strike with violence.
  • To play at the game of hurling.
  • n. The act of throwing with violence.
  • n. Tumult; riot; commotion.
  • n. A scolding.
  • To whirl; turn round rapidly.
  • To turn; twist.
  • To wheel; convey by means of a wheeled vehicle.
  • To whirl; turn rapidly; rush or dash.
  • To be wheeled or conveyed in a wheeled vehicle.
  • n. A whirlpool; whirling water.
  • n. Conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a drive.
  • n. A hurdle.
  • n. Same as harl, 3.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. utter with force; utter vehemently
  • v. throw forcefully
  • v. make a thrusting forward movement
  • n. a violent throw
  • Verb Form
    hurled    hurles    hurling    hurls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    verbalise    give tongue to    express    verbalize    utter    throw   
    Variant
    hurling   
    Form
    hurled    hurling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cast    fling    tumult    riot    hurly-burly    project    throw    dart    utter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Berle    Curl    Earl    Earle    Erl    Merle    Pearl    Perl    Perle    Shirl   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    head-foremost    consign    obverse    sun-rise    tumbrel    revealer    broad    emi    serif    hill