Hurdling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hurdling is a noun meaning (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
Meaning
(athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
More Meanings
- hurdles collectively; frames of twigs, etc. for enclosing land
- present participle and gerund of hurdle
Example Sentences
It is not unusual to find the little school of a Jamaican village nothing more than a hut of wattled hurdlings, covered on the sides with mud or clay, rooted with palm leaves or grass.
Word Forms
- hurdlings
Synonyms for hurdling
Depending on context, synonyms include hurdles.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hurdlework, heptathlon, heptathlete, hurley, hurden, hopping.
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