hurl
IPA: hˈɝɫ
noun
- (countable) A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
- (slang) The act of vomiting.
- (slang, uncountable) Vomit.
- (hurling, countable) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
- (Ulster, Scotland, slang, countable) A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc.
- (obsolete) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
- (obsolete, countable) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.
verb
- (transitive) To throw (something) with force.
- (transitive) To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
- (intransitive) To participate in the sport of hurling.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- (obsolete, transitive) To twist or turn.
- (obsolete) To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl.
- (Scotland, transitive, obsolete) To convey in a wheeled vehicle.
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Examples of "hurl" in Sentences
- Palestinians hurled stones.
- Galway hurling was in the doldrums at the time.
- You can hurl the Burmese into the conversation.
- Group of irate youths hurled stones at a passenger.
- I'll hurl the dialectic discus in the discussion tab.
- In 2005 the Tipperary senior hurling team was in the doldrums.
- In a burst of rage, he hurls the young scientist to the ground.
- A harpoon is hurled from the building and hits the target in the chest.
- As the herald left, the journeymen hurled insults at him and the Duke of Parma.
- A projectile is hurled by the cannon by inserting it at the mouth of the barrel.
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