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hurl

[ hurl ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to throw or fling with great force or vigor.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to throw or cast down.
  3. to utter with vehemence:

    to hurl insults at the umpire.



verb (used without object)

  1. to throw a missile.
  2. Baseball. to pitch a ball.

noun

  1. a forcible or violent throw; fling.

hurl

/ ³óɜ˱ô /

verb

  1. tr to throw or propel with great force
  2. tr to utter with force; yell

    to hurl insults

  3. ³óÊŒ°ù±ô to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of hurling
  2. ³óÊŒ°ù±ô a ride in a driven vehicle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³ó³Ü°ù±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • ³ó³Ü°ù±ôİù noun
  • ´Ç³Ü³Ùh³Ü°ù±ô verb (used with object)
  • ³Ü²Ô·³ó³Ü°ù±ô±ð»å adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of hurl1

1175–1225; Middle English hurlen, equivalent to hur- (perhaps akin to hurry ) + -len -le; akin to Low German hurreln to toss, Frisian hurreln to roar (said of the wind), dialectal German hurlen to roll, rumble (said of thunder)
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of hurl1

C13: probably of imitative origin
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“Napoleon Dynamite†director Jared Hess hurls tater tots and two competitive dorks played by Jack Black and Jason Momoa into the cubist, mega-popular video game.

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Hence Hollywood hurling a brick of cash at making “A Minecraft Movie.â€

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They said three Palestinians and an Israeli had been detained on suspicion of "rock hurling" at security forces.

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I was 9 years old again, unaccompanied on an airplane somewhere above the continental U.S., being hurled between two contentiously divorced parents.

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According to the statement, IDF and Israel police responded to “disperse the confrontation†and the people it described as “terrorists†started hurling rocks their way.

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