hurl

[ hurl ]

/ hɜrl /

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verb (used with object)

to throw or fling with great force or vigor.

to throw or cast down.

to utter with vehemence: to hurl insults at the umpire.

verb (used without object)

to throw a missile.

Baseball. to pitch a ball.

noun

a forcible or violent throw; fling.

OTHER WORDS FOR hurl

1 cast, pitch.

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Origin of hurl

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)

OTHER WORDS FROM hurl

hurler, nounouthurl, verb (used with object)un·hurled, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hurl

hurdle, hurl , hurtle

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How to use hurl in a sentence

The T.C.B.S. started off in comfort in 1911 but were hurled into darkness from 1914.
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Those are just two of the weird accusations hurled in this epic battle.
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But even that often-frosty relationship has further chilled as the two sides hurled insults and accusations this week.
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Even during the occupy protests in 2012, few criticisms were hurled by the “screwed generation” at tech titans.
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On December 12 police said a grenade was hurled at a minivan carrying two British tourists.
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I raised my pipe above my head and hurled it against the fence, where it crashed into a score of pieces.
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But before he reached it there was the shriek of a whistle, a violent shock, and he was hurled heavily into the opposite seat.
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With a desperate effort of the will he hurled himself out of the bath and threw open the window.
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The Olympia hurled about 70 5-inch shells and 16 8-inch shells, and the Petrel and the Raleigh about the same number each.
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Matt, clinging like grim death to the stout hemp, was jerked into the air and hurled forward and inward.
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British Dictionary definitions for hurl

hurl

/ (hɜːl) /

verb

(tr) to throw or propel with great force

(tr) to utter with force; yellto hurl insults

(hʌrl) Scot to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle

noun

the act or an instance of hurling

(hʌrl) Scot a ride in a driven vehicle

Derived forms of hurl

hurler, noun

Word Origin for hurl

C13: probably of imitative origin

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