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Definition of Hurle

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.

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • To move rapidly, violently, or without control.
         The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
  • (archaic) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
  • (archaic) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
  • To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.
         He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile.
  • (archaic) To push; to jostle; to hurl.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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