hurl
pronunciation
How to pronounce hurl in British English:
UK [hɜːl]
How to pronounce hurl in American English:
US [hɜːrl]
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- Noun:
- a violent throw
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- Verb:
- throw forcefully
- make a thrusting forward movement
- utter with force; utter vehemently
Word Origin
- hurl (v.)
- early 13c., hurlen, "to run against (each other), come into collision," later "throw forcibly" (c. 1300); "rush violently" (late 14c.); perhaps related to Low German hurreln "to throw, to dash," and East Frisian hurreln "to roar, to bluster." OED suggests all are from an imitative Germanic base *hurr "expressing rapid motion;" see also hurry. The noun is attested from late 14c., originally "rushing water." For difference between hurl and hurtle (which apparently were confused since early Middle English) see hurtle.
Example
- 1. Angry youths across the region gathered to hurl rocks and chant " azadi ! "
- 2. You therefore didn 't need to hurl an expensive canister across the solar system to find out .
- 3. The authorities have not so far been busing in students to hurl stones at the american embassy , as they did after nato 's mistaken bombing of the chinese embassy in belgrade in 1999 .
- 4. Nilin , west bank : a palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to hurl stones at israeli border police during a protest against israel 's separation barrier
- 5. The resulting shift in weight distribution is so sudden and massive as to hurl the entire conglomeration - called the ballistospore - airborne .