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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hurl \hurl\, v. i.
   1. to hurl one's self; to go quickly. r.
      1913 webster

   2. to perform the act of hurling something; to throw
      something at another.
      1913 webster

            god shall hurl at him and not spare.  --job xxvii.
                                                  22 rev. ver.
                                                  .
      1913 webster

   3. to play the game of hurling. see hurling.
      1913 webster
see also:
hurling 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hurl \hurl\, n.
   1. the act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a
      fling. --congreve.
      1913 webster

   2. tumult; riot; hurly-burly. obs. --knolles.
      1913 webster

   3. hat manuf. a table on which fiber is stirred and mixed
      by beating with a bowspring.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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. root16.
   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.
      1913 webster

            and hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to
      hurl charges or invective. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. cf. whirl. to twist or turn. "hurled or crooked feet."
      obs. --fuller.
      1913 webster
see also:
hurled hurling hurtle whirl 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
hurl
     n : a violent throw syn: cast
     v 1: throw forcefully syn: hurtle, cast
     2: make a thrusting forward movement syn: lunge, hurtle, thrust
     3: utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw
        accusations at someone" syn: throw
see also:
cast hurtle lunge thrust throw 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
73 moby thesaurus words for "hurl":
   bowl, bung, cast, cast at, catapult, change of pace, change-up,
   chuck, chuck at, chunk, clap, curve, dart, dash, downcurve,
   fastball, fire, fire at, fling, fling at, flip, fork, forward pass,
   heave, heave at, hurl against, hurl at, hurtle, incurve, jerk,
   knuckleball, lance, lateral, lateral pass, launch, let fly,
   let fly at, lob, outcurve, pass, peg, pelt, pitch, pitchfork,
   plank, plop, plump, plunk, propel, put, put the shot, screwball,
   send, serve, service, shot-put, shy, shy at, sinker, slap, slider,
   sling, sling at, snap, spitball, spitter, throw, throw at, thrust,
   tilt, toss, toss at, upcurve





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