Definitions for: Hurl

[n] a violent throw
[v] utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone"
[v] throw forcefully
[v] make a thrusting forward movement

Webster (1913) Definition: Hurl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE.
hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. [root]16.
See Hurtle.]
1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw
with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a
stone or lance.

And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
--Pope.

2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to
hurl charges or invective. --Spenser.

3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. ``Hurled or crooked
feet.'' [Obs.] --Fuller.

Hurl, v. i.
1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]

2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw
something (at another).

God shall hurl at him and not spare. --Job xxvii.
22 (Rev. Ver.
).

3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.

Hurl, n.
1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a
fling. --Congreve.

2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] --Knolles.

3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed
by beating with a bowspring.

Synonyms: cast, cast, hurtle, hurtle, lunge, throw, thrust

See Also: anchor, cast anchor, catapult, crash, dart, dash, drop anchor, express, give tongue to, move, precipitate, sling, throw, throw, utter, verbalise, verbalize

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