HURLING

hurling

(noun) a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

hurling (countable and uncountable, plural hurlings)

The act by which something is hurled or thrown.

An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.

A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.

Verb

hurling

present participle of hurl

Source: Wiktionary

Hurl"ing, n.

1. The act of throwing with force.

2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played. Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball. Carew.

HURL

Hurl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.] Etym: [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. sq. root16. See Hurtle.]

1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance. And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.

2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.

3. Etym: [Cf. Whirl.]

Definition: To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] Fuller.

Hurl, v. i.

1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]

2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).

3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.

Hurl, n.

1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve.

2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles.

3. (Hat Manuf.)

Definition: A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.