hurling
pronunciation
How to pronounce hurling in British English:
UK [ˈhɜ:lɪŋ]
How to pronounce hurling in American English:
US [ˈhɜrlɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each
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- Adjective:
- rushing and whirling
Word Origin
- hurling (n.)
- verbal noun of hurl (q.v.); attested 1520s as a form of hockey played in Ireland; c. 1600 as the name of a game like hand-ball that once was popular in Cornwall.
Example
- 1. I looked down and felt like hurling .
- 2. The rioter hurling stones at the police was arrested .
- 3. Children were hurling snowballs at one another .
- 4. You are not playing hurling .
- 5. For over 30 years the tradition had been the same -- two teams of fishermen stood on wooden platforms as human bowling pins , hurling a dead eel toward each other .