hurtle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hurtle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hurtle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hurtle v move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by" make a thrusting forward movement Synonym(s): lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust throw forcefully Synonym(s): hurl, hurtle, cast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hurtled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurtling}.] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See {Hurt}, v. t., and cf. {Hurl}.] 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. Together hurtled both their steeds. --Fairfax. 2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish. Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. --Spenser. Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. --R. L. Stevenson. 3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. The noise of battle hurtled in the air. --Shak. The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground. --Mrs. Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. t. 1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish. [Obs.] His harmful club he gan to hurtle high. --Spenser. 2. To push; to jostle; to hurl. And he hurtleth with his horse adown. --Chaucer.