hurl Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a violent throw
    cast.
  2. verb throw forcefully
    cast; hurtle.
  3. verb make a thrusting forward movement
    lunge; thrust; hurtle.
  4. verb utter with force; utter vehemently
    throw.
    • hurl insults
    • throw accusations at someone

WordNet

Hurl transitive verb
Etymology
OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. See Hurtle.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hurled ; present participle & verbal noun Hurling
Definitions
  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. Cf. Whirl. To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." Obs. Fuller.
Hurl intransitive verb
Definitions
  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.
Hurl noun
Definitions
  1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve.
  2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. Obs. Knolles.
  3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.

Webster 1913