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3 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hurtle v 1: move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by" 2: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: {lunge}, {hurl}, {thrust}] 3: throw forcefully [syn: {hurl}, {cast}]
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