Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hurl"
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) 1.7 (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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