Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hurtle"

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) 1.7 (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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