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