English Explanatory Dictionary

hurling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
  2. An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.
  3. A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of hurl

Word forms

hurling hurlings

Derived words

Cornish hurling senior hurling
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