Hurl

  • 21hurl — [[t]hɜ͟ː(r)l[/t]] hurls, hurling, hurled 1) VERB If you hurl something, you throw it violently and with a lot of force. [V n prep] Groups of angry youths hurled stones at police... [V n prep] One prisoner set fire to rags and hurled them into the …

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  • 22hurl — [[t]hɜrl[/t]] v.t. 1) to throw or fling with great force or vigor; cast 2) to throw or cast down 3) to utter with vehemence: to hurl insults at the umpire[/ex] 4) to throw a missile 5) a forcible or violent throw; fling • Etymology: 1175–1225;… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23hurl — 1. in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. (Like the throw in throw up.) □ I think I gotta go hurl. 2. n. vomit. □ There’s hurl all over the bathroom floor! …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 24hurl — verb (hurled; hurling) Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. rush, hurtle 2. pitch 5a, b 3. vomit transitive verb 1. to send or thrust with great vigo …

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  • 25hurl — hurler, n. /herrl/, v.t. 1. to throw or fling with great force or vigor. 2. to throw or cast down. 3. to utter with vehemence: to hurl insults at the umpire. v.i. 4. to throw a missile. 5. Baseball. to pitch a ball. n. 6. a forcible or violent… …

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  • 26hurl — verb a) To throw (something) with force. I was standing on the edge of the conning tower, when a heavy palm suddenly struck me between the shoulders and hurled me forward into space. The drop to the triangular deck forward of the conning tower… …

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  • 27Hurl — Recorded in many forms including Earl, Hurl, Harle, Hearle, Earle, Earles, Hurles and no doubt others, this is a surname of English pre 7th century origins. In its earliest form it indicated a freeman who was also a chief, and probably a… …

    Surnames reference

  • 28hurl — verb Hurl is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abuse, ↑accusation, ↑brick, ↑grenade, ↑insult, ↑missile, ↑spear, ↑stone …

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  • 29hurl — I Australian Slang (adj, n.) vomit II Scottish Vernacular Dictionary Lift, ride. I got a hurl on the back of the ginger lorry …

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  • 30hurl — 01. The young boy [hurled] his eraser across the room and hit his friend in the head. 02. The old woman [hurled] abuse at the teenagers who had run though her garden stealing strawberries. 03. The monster began picking up cars and [hurling] them… …

    Grammatical examples in English