'Hurtling' definitions:

Definition of 'Hurtling'

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  • Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hurtled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurtling.] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See Hurt, v. t., and cf. Hurl.]
  • 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. [1913 Webster]
  • Together hurtled both their steeds. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish. [1913 Webster]
  • Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. [1913 Webster]
  • The noise of battle hurtled in the air. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]

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