hurl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hurl	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for hurl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hurl n a violent throw Synonym(s): hurl, cast v throw forcefully Synonym(s): hurl, hurtle, cast make a thrusting forward movement Synonym(s): lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone" Synonym(s): hurl, throw
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hurl \Hurl\, v. i. 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hurl \Hurl\, n. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hurl \Hurl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurling}.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. [root]16. See {Hurtle}.] 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. [bd]Hurled or crooked feet.[b8] [Obs.] --Fuller.