hurl

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To throw (something) with force.

   • The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.
2. 2

   To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.

   • The gangs hurled abuse at each other.
   • Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross and save yourself!"
3. 3

   To participate in the sport of hurling.

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   1. 4

      To vomit.

      • I shake and bake the world Rearrange like the chemical Jheri curl, drink til I hurl
   2. 5

      To twist or turn.

   3. 6

      To move rapidly with a noise

      To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl.

   4. 7

      To convey in a wheeled vehicle.

   5. 8

      A throw, especially a violent throw

      A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.

      • He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres.
      • The Gods, with horror and amaze, look’d down, Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent; Mountain on mountain thrown, With threatening hurl, that shook th’ aethereal [var.: aerial] firmament!
      • I laid down this law with all the girls and expected to receive a hurl of abuse back.
   6. 9

      The act of vomiting.

      • Open the window! I've gotta take a hurl.
   7. 10

      Vomit.

      • WAYNE: What I'd really like to do is something extraordinary. Something big. […] But I'll probably end up working at Great America, mopping up hurl and lung butter.
   8. 11

      The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.

   9. 12

      A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle

      A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc.

      • Maybe you can give me a hurl in the Bentley one day, when you're in the vicinity.
   10. 13

       Tumult

       Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.

   11. 14

       A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.

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