Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Hurt /hûrt/ approx. · IPA /hɝt/ n. v. t. 01 n. A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. 1. A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.(Mach.) 02 v. t. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. imp. & p. p. Hurt; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurting 1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. “The hurt lion groans within his den.” — Dryden. 2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. “Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt.” — Milton. 3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.