Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To throw with great force; fling. synonym: throw.
  • intransitive verb To cause to move with great force or violence.
  • intransitive verb To send with great vigor; thrust.
  • intransitive verb To utter vehemently.
  • intransitive verb Slang To vomit (the contents of the stomach).
  • intransitive verb To move with great speed, force, or violence; hurtle.
  • intransitive verb To throw something with force.
  • intransitive verb Slang To vomit.
  • intransitive verb Baseball To pitch the ball.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hurdle.
  • To throw; fling; toss: without the idea of violent or impetuous motion.
  • To throw with violence; send whirling or whizzing through the air; fling with great force.
  • To drag with violence.
  • Figuratively, to emit or utter with vehemence.
  • To throw; fling; discharge a missile.
  • To rush.
  • To fall or strike with violence.
  • To play at the game of hurling.
  • noun Same as harl, 3.
  • noun A whirlpool; whirling water.
  • noun Conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a drive.
  • noun The act of throwing with violence.
  • noun Tumult; riot; commotion.
  • noun A scolding.
  • To whirl; turn round rapidly.
  • To turn; twist.
  • To wheel; convey by means of a wheeled vehicle.
  • To whirl; turn rapidly; rush or dash.
  • To be wheeled or conveyed in a wheeled vehicle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force.
  • transitive verb To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity.
  • transitive verb obsolete, obsolete To twist or turn.
  • noun The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
  • noun obsolete Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
  • noun (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
  • intransitive verb rare To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
  • intransitive verb To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
  • intransitive verb To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To throw (something) with force.
  • verb transitive To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
  • verb intransitive To participate in the sport of hurling.
  • verb intransitive (slang) To vomit.
  • noun A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
  • noun The act of vomiting.
  • noun The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
  • noun Ulster (car) ride
  • noun obsolete tumult; riot; hurly-burly
  • noun obsolete A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb utter with force; utter vehemently
  • verb throw forcefully

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English hurlen.]

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