'Hurl' definitions:

Definition of 'hurl'

(from WordNet)
noun
A violent throw [syn: hurl, cast]
verb
Throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast]
verb
Make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust]
verb
Utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone" [syn: hurl, throw]

Definition of 'Hurl'

From: GCIDE
  • Hurl \Hurl\, n.
  • 1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. --Congreve. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hurl'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hurl'

From: GCIDE
  • Hurl \Hurl\, v. i.
  • 1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). [1913 Webster]
  • God shall hurl at him and not spare. --Job xxvii.
  • 22 (Rev. Ver. ). [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hurl'

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