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hurl(2)(dictionary)
hurl(dictionary)

hurl(2) (iou)



hurl verb. ME.
[Prob. imit.: cf. Low German hurreln toss, throw, push, dash.]
verb intrans. Move or be moved with violence or impetuosity. arch. exc. Scot. ME.
J. Thomson The very streams..impatient, seem To hurl into the covert of the grove.
verb trans. Move or drive with violence or impetuous force. ME.
D. Adams Zaphod was..hurled bodily backwards.
b. refl. Throw or move oneself violently or impetuously. LME.
R. Kipling Like..a swimmer before sharks, who hurls himself half out of the water.
verb trans. Throw or cast with violence; fling; throw down. ME.
W. Soyinka Her husband was about to be..hurled from the church tower. G. Swift He hurls the bottle in a lofty, arcing trajectory into the river.
verb trans. Drag or pull violently. ME-M17.
verb intrans. Strive, contend. Only in LME.
verb trans. Utter forcefully (words, abuse, etc.); dart (a glance, a ray or beam, etc.). M16.
Milton Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heav'n. H. E. Manning The accusations that may be hurled at you.
verb trans. & intrans. Drive (a vehicle), drive in (a vehicle); wheel (a barrow etc.). Earliest in hurlbarrow, a wheelbarrow. Scot. & north. M16.
A. Gray Thaw and his mother..sat in buses at night hurling through unseen country.
verb intrans. Play hurley or hurling. L16.