Meaning

To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl..

Definitions by Sense

1. To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
2. To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
3. To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in writing.
4. To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
5. Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash.
6. To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.
7. Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.
8. (countable) An act of colliding with or hitting; a collision.

Example Sentences

He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile.

Soone as thoſe glitterand armes he did eſpye, / That vvith their brightneſſe made that darknes light, / His harmefull club he gan to hurtle hye, / And threaten batteill to the Faery knight; […]

Such a curse on my head, in a manifest dread, / From the hand of your Zeus has been hurtled along!

Away, thou east wind, snarling like a scold! / […] / Now, like sheep-shearer, from some mountain fold, / Thou hurtlest air with twisting, fleecy flakes / Of martial snow, that like a tyrant bold, / His pleasure in his neighbour's vineyard takes, / Nor careth for the wreck that everywhere he makes.

Only in solitude could that strong man give way to his emotions; and at first they rushed forth so confused and stormy, so hurtling one the other, that hours elapsed before he could serenely face the terrible crisis of his position.

The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour.

Pieces of broken glass hurtled through the air.

His gorgeous ryder from her loftie ſted / VVould haue caſt dovvne, and trodd in durty myre, / Had not the Gyaunt ſoone her ſuccoured; / VVho all enrag'd vvith ſmart and frantick yre, / Came hurtling in full fiers, and forſt the knight retyre.

Word Forms

• hurtles
• hurtling
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When Should You Use Hurtle?

Use hurtle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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