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HURTLING
Verb
hurtling
present participle of hurtle
Noun
hurtling (plural hurtlings)
The act of something being hurtled or thrown.
Anagrams
• thurling
Source: Wiktionary
HURTLE
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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