hurdle
IPA: hˈɝdʌɫ
noun
- (athletics, equestrianism) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
- (figuratively) An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
- A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
- (UK, historical) A sled or crate on which criminals were drawn to the place of execution.
- A surname.
- (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle. [(countable) An act of colliding with or hitting; a collision.]
verb
- To jump over something while running.
- To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
- To overcome an obstacle.
- To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
- (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle. [(transitive, archaic)]
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Examples of "hurdle" in Sentences
- Trample the weak and hurdle the dead.
- The next hurdle will be the article itself.
- The next hurdle is to get the band a concert.
- He's good enough to run in a champion hurdle.
- The immediate hurdle is the elephant in the room.
- He coached the men's hurdles and the horizontal jumps.
- Bureaucratic hurdles delayed the construction of the subcamp.
- Money was the biggest hurdle in the development of Trespasser.
- The main hurdle for the deal is a review under the Investment.
- Hurdles a race in which a series of such obstacles must be jumped.
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