Hurtle

Quick meaning: Hurtle is a verb meaning To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. 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.
2. To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in writing.
3. To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
4. To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.
5. Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.
6. (countable) An act of colliding with or hitting; a collision.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

Pieces of broken glass hurtled through the air.

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

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

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

Word Forms

• hurtles
• hurtling
• hurtled
• hurtlest
• hurtledst
• hurtleth

Synonyms for hurtle

Depending on context, synonyms include bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hurl, cast, lunge, thrust, hurdle, outhurl.

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