Hurtle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move with or as if with great speed and a rushing noise: an express train that hurtled past.
  • v. To fling with great force; hurl.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To move rapidly, violently, or without control.
  • v. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
  • v. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
  • v. To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.
  • v. To push; to jostle; to hurl.
  • n. A fast movement in literal or figurative sense.
  • n. A clattering sound.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
  • verb-intransitive. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
  • v. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
  • v. To push; to jostle; to hurl.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To dash, push, or knock violently; throw or hurl.
  • To move about with violence or impetuosity; whirl round; brandish.
  • To rush violently and noisily; move rapidly and impetuously; go swiftly with a whirring, clashing, or clattering sound.
  • n. A pimple or wart.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make a thrusting forward movement
  • v. move with or as if with a rushing sound
  • v. throw forcefully
  • Verb Form
    hurtled    hurtles    hurtling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    locomote    travel    move    go   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    skirmish    resound    whirl    brandish    push    jostle    hurl    collide    clash    clatter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Myrtle    fertile    infertile    mirtle    myrtle    turtle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts