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HURTLE
hurl, hurtle, cast
(verb) throw forcefully
lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
(verb) make a thrusting forward movement
hurtle
(verb) move with or as if with a rushing sound; “The cars hurtled by”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hurtle (third-person singular simple present hurtles, present participle hurtling, simple past and past participle hurtled)
(intransitive) To move rapidly, violently, or without control.
(intransitive, archaic) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
(intransitive, archaic) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
(transitive) To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.
(intransitive, archaic) To push; to jostle; to hurl.
Noun
hurtle (plural hurtles)
A fast movement in literal or figurative sense.
A clattering sound.
Anagrams
• Luther, lureth, ruleth
Source: Wiktionary
Hur"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hurtled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurtling.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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