I. ˈhər]d. ə l, ˈhə̄], ˈhəi], ]t ə l verb
( hurtled ; hurtled ; hurtling ]d. ə liŋ, ]t( ə )liŋ ; hurtles )
Etymology: Middle English hurtlen to collide, cause or allow to strike, freq. of hurten to cause or allow to strike
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to meet violently : hit with impact : collide
together hurtled both their steeds — Edward Fairfax
2. : to progress with the sound or suddenness of violent motion : clatter , crash
boulders hurtled down the cliffs
the morning gun … sent its echoes hurtling through the coco palms — G.P.Insh
stubbed his foot against the doorjamb and hurtled into the hall — Liam O'Flaherty
3. : to move rapidly : dash headlong : rush , shoot
you can hurtle along at supersonic speeds — Irwin Edman
somehow he had hurtled past the propellers' blades — Time
the country was hurtling toward disaster — Sidney Warren
transitive verb
1. : to propel violently : catapult , fling
the subway hurtles hordes of workers daily into lower Manhattan
Indians hurtle flaming arrows over the stockade wall
when he hurtles himself into a dance — John Mason Brown
2. dialect England : crouch
II. noun
( -s )
: an act of hurtling : throw , collision