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Pronunciation : Hurl
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. sq. root16. See Hurtle.]
Definition : 1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance. And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.

2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.

3. Etym: [Cf. Whirl.]

Defn: To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] Fuller.

t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hurl
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]

2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).

3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hurl
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve.

2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles.

3. (Hat Manuf.)

Defn: A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913