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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To throw with great force; fling. See Synonyms at throw.
  2. v. To send with great vigor; thrust: hurled the army against the enemy.
  3. v. To throw down; overthrow.
  4. v. To utter vehemently: hurled insults at the speaker.
  5. v. Slang To vomit (the contents of the stomach).
  6. v. To move with great speed, force, or violence; hurtle.
  7. v. To throw something with force.
  8. v. Slang To vomit.
  9. v. Baseball To pitch the ball.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To throw; fling; toss: without the idea of violent or impetuous motion.
  2. To throw with violence; send whirling or whizzing through the air; fling with great force.
  3. To drag with violence.
  4. Figuratively, to emit or utter with vehemence.
  5. To throw; fling; discharge a missile.
  6. To rush.
  7. To fall or strike with violence.
  8. To play at the game of hurling.
  9. n. The act of throwing with violence.
  10. n. Tumult; riot; commotion.
  11. n. A scolding.
  12. To whirl; turn round rapidly.
  13. To turn; twist.
  14. To wheel; convey by means of a wheeled vehicle.
  15. To whirl; turn rapidly; rush or dash.
  16. To be wheeled or conveyed in a wheeled vehicle.
  17. n. A whirlpool; whirling water.
  18. n. Conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a drive.
  19. n. A hurdle.
  20. n. Same as harl, 3.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To throw (something) with force.
  2. v. transitive To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
  3. v. intransitive To participate in the sport of hurling.
  4. v. intransitive (slang) To vomit.
  5. n. A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
  6. n. The act of vomiting.
  7. n. The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
  8. n. Ulster (car) ride
  9. n. obsolete tumult; riot; hurly-burly
  10. n. obsolete A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force.
  2. v. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity.
  3. v. obsolete, obsolete To twist or turn.
  4. v. rare To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
  5. v. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
  6. v. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
  7. n. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
  8. n. obsolete Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
  9. n. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. utter with force; utter vehemently
  2. v. throw forcefully
  3. v. make a thrusting forward movement
  4. n. a violent throw

Etymologies

  1. Middle English hurlen. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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