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Hurling - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Hurling : adj : rushing and whirling; "the hurling water"
(noun)
1: a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two
teams of 15 players each
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Hurling : \Hurl"ing\, n.
1. The act of throwing with force.
2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the
ball. --Carew.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Hurl \Hurl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE.
hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. [root]16.
See Hurtle.]
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.
And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
--Pope.
2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to
hurl charges or invective. --Spenser.
3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. ``Hurled or crooked
feet.'' [Obs.] --Fuller.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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