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4 definitions found 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. ``Hurled or crooked feet.'' [Obs.] --Fuller. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hurl n : a violent throw [syn: {cast}] v 1: throw forcefully [syn: {hurtle}, {cast}] 2: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: {lunge}, {hurtle}, {thrust}] 3: utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone" [syn: {throw}]
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