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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HURL, v.t.
1. To throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone.
And hurl them headlong to their fleet and main.
2. To utter with vehemence; as, to hurl out vows. [Not in use.]
3. To play at a kind of game.
HURL, n. The act of throwing with violence.
1. Tumult; riot; commotion.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a violent throw [syn: hurl, cast] v
1: throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast]
2: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust]
3: utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone" [syn: hurl, throw]

Merriam Webster's

verb (hurled; hurling) Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. rush, hurtle 2. pitch 5a, b 3. vomit transitive verb 1. to send or thrust with great vigor <the forces that were to be hurled against the Turks — N. T. Gilroy> 2. to throw down with violence 3. a. to throw forcefully ; fling <hurled the manuscript into the fire> <hurled myself over the fence> b. pitch 2a 4. to utter with vehemence <hurled insults at the police> Synonyms: see throw • hurl noun • hurler noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. throw with great force. 2 tr. utter (abuse etc.) vehemently. 3 intr. play hurling. --n. 1 a forceful throw. 2 the act of hurling. Etymology: ME, prob. imit., but corresp. in form and partly in sense with LG hurreln

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. ``Hurled or crooked feet.'' [Obs.] --Fuller.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hurls, hurling, hurled) 1. If you hurl something, you throw it violently and with a lot of force. Groups of angry youths hurled stones at police... Simon caught the grenade and hurled it back... Gangs rioted last night, breaking storefront windows and hurling rocks and bottles. VERB: V n prep, V n with adv, V n 2. If you hurl abuse or insults at someone, you shout insults at them aggressively. How would you handle being locked in the back of a cab while the driver hurled abuse at you? VERB: V n at n, also V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Throw, fling, cast, pitch, send, sling, throw violently, send whirling, send whizzing. 2. Utter violently, fulminate, thunder. II. n. 1. Throw, cast, fling. 2. Tumult, commotion, turmoil, confusion, bustle, disturbance, hurly-burly, hullabaloo.

Moby Thesaurus

bowl, bung, cast, cast at, catapult, change of pace, change-up, chuck, chuck at, chunk, clap, curve, dart, dash, downcurve, fastball, fire, fire at, fling, fling at, flip, fork, forward pass, heave, heave at, hurl against, hurl at, hurtle, incurve, jerk, knuckleball, lance, lateral, lateral pass, launch, let fly, let fly at, lob, outcurve, pass, peg, pelt, pitch, pitchfork, plank, plop, plump, plunk, propel, put, put the shot, screwball, send, serve, service, shot-put, shy, shy at, sinker, slap, slider, sling, sling at, snap, spitball, spitter, throw, throw at, thrust, tilt, toss, toss at, upcurve