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Entry 9 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Hurl

/hẽrl/ · IPA /hɝl/
01 v. t. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.
imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling
  1. 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. 2.
    To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.
  3. 3.
    To twist or turn.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
  1. 1.
    To hurl one's self; to go quickly.[R.]
  2. 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. 3.
    To play the game of hurling. See Hurling. See: Hurling
03 n. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
  1. 1.
    The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
  2. 2.
    Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.(Hat Manuf.)