Contextualizebeta

senior hurling

noun

Etymology

In Gaelic games, including hurling, the "senior" grade is the highest level of competition. In 2007, the Green Party entered government for the first time in coalition with Fianna Fáil, and Séamus Brennan of Fianna Fáil quipped to the Green Party ministers, "you're playing senior hurling now".

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see senior, hurling.

  2. serious, difficult, important business

    serious, difficult, important business; hardball

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for senior hurling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA