I. ˈhərl esp before pause or consonant ˈhər.əl; ˈhə̄l, ˈhəil verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English hurlen, probably of imitative origin
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to move rapidly or violently : rush , hurtle
sent the car hurling over the roads — Sherwood Anderson
a myriad senseless atoms … go hurling forever through the infinite inane — P.E.More
b. : whirl
now I've plenty money I'll make the tavern hurl , a bottle of good brandy and on each arm a girl — Carl Sandburg
2. chiefly Scotland : to wheel or drive in a vehicle especially with a heavy or clumsy movement
now and then we'll hurl in a coach — Robert Tannahill
3.
a. : to play the game of hurling
b. baseball : pitch
transitive verb
1.
a. : to impel with great vigor : drive , thrust
could hurl his great strength into the ax head — Irving Bacheller
hurling its mighty breakers upon the rocky ramparts — American Guide Series: Michigan
the forces that were to be hurled against the Turks — N.T.Gilroy
b. : to impel (oneself) violently or impetuously
he hurled himself around the corner against the squall … with almost drunken violence — Liam O'Flaherty
the characteristic wholeheartedness with which he continued to hurl himself at life — John Mason Brown
2. : to throw down or out with violence
hurl the tyrant from his throne
3.
a. : to throw or cast forcefully : fling
for forty-five minutes a battleship and lesser ships hurled salvo after salvo at the field — H.L.Merillat
a jet of gas … hurls strings of drill pipe and massive tools upwards — Irish Digest
literally hurling the ring I had given her in my face — Rex Ingamells
b. obsolete : to throw in wrestling
c. baseball : pitch
both hurled scoreless ball for five innings — Los Angeles (Calif.) Examiner
4. : to send or utter with vehemence
hurled crisp piercing shrieks at the train — William Beebe
publishers … took a delight in hurling back at the tyro any copy he was venturesome enough to offer — A.W.Long
he suddenly began to hurl reproaches down on her where she sat a little below him — Josephine Pinckney
5. chiefly Scotland : to wheel or drive (a vehicle) : trundle
Synonyms: see throw
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English hurl, hurle swirl of water, strife, from hurlen, v.
1.
a. : a forceful throw or thrust ; specifically : a rushing swirl of water
the halt and hurl of an angry, crashing, tempestuous seaway — C.C.Shaw
b. Scotland : a downward rush (as of stones on a hill)
2. : the stick used in the Irish game of hurling
III. ˈhərl
dialect Britain
variant of whirl