HURTLING

Verb

hurtling

present participle of hurtle

Noun

hurtling (plural hurtlings)

The act of something being hurtled or thrown.

Anagrams

• thurling

Source: Wiktionary

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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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