Word Definition

Hurl

  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.
  2. To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
  3. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
  4. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
  5. A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
  6. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.
  7. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
  8. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
  9. To twist or turn.