Sekirov Dictionary

hurl

UK /hɜːl/US /hɝl/

noun 7
verb 7
forms 6

noun7

•
A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
- He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres.
•
(slang) The act of vomiting.
- Open the window! I've gotta take a hurl.
•
(slang) Vomit.
- WAYNE: What I'd really like to do is something extraordinary. Something big. […] But I'll probably end up working at Great America, mopping up hurl and lung butter. — 1993
The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
•
(Scotland, slang) A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc.
- Maybe you can give me a hurl in the Bentley one day, when you're in the vicinity. — 2022
(no longer used) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
(no longer used) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.

verb7

To throw (something) with force.
•
To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
- The gangs hurled abuse at each other.
•
(slang) To vomit.
- I shake and bake the world Rearrange like the chemical Jheri curl, drink til I hurl — 1995
To participate in the sport of hurling.
(no longer used) To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl.
(no longer used) To twist or turn.
(Scotland, no longer used) To convey in a wheeled vehicle.

forms

hurl'd · hurled · hurling · hurleth · hurls · hurlest

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