English Explanatory Dictionary

hurl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To throw (something) with force.
  2. To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
  3. To participate in the sport of hurling.
  4. To vomit.
  5. To twist or turn.
  6. To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl.
  7. To convey in a wheeled vehicle.
noun
  1. A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
  2. The act of vomiting.
  3. Vomit.
  4. The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
  5. A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc.
  6. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
  7. A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.

Pronunciation

/hɜːl/ En-au-hurl.ogg /hɝl/ /høːl/ /hʌɾl/ /heːl/ /hɛːl/

Word forms

hurl hurls hurling hurled

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hurlen, of onomatopoeic origin; compare hurry, hurtle.

Synonyms

chuck fling bung cast chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave hield hoy huck hurl hurtle launch lob peck peg pick pitch precipitate project quoit shy slight skew sling thrill throw toss traject warp whang whip whop wing throw up bait barf be sick blow chunks boak boke boot bork bow down before the porcelain god cast up one's accounts chuck up chunder disgorge drive the porcelain bus erupt gag get sick honk launch one's lunch lose one's lunch pray to the porcelain god

Derived words

hurl chunks hurler hurly-hacket outhurl thirl unhurled uphurl
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