move forcefully, fly
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Hurtle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To push; to jostle; to hurl.
To push; to jostle; to hurl.
(v. t.)
To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
(v. t.)
To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
(v. t.)
To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
(v. t.)
To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
hurtle
\hur"tle\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. hurtled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. hurtling (?).] [oe. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. see hurt, v. t., and cf. hurl.]
1. to meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. together hurtled both their steeds.
2. to move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish. now hurtling round, advantage for to take. down the hurtling cataract of the ages. l. stevenson.
3. to make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. the noise of battle hurtled in the air. the earthquake sound hurtling 'death the solid ground. browning.
hurtle
\hur"tle\ (?), v. t. 1. to move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish. [obs.] his harmful club he gan to hurtle high.
2. to push; to jostle; to hurl. and he hurtleth with his horse adown.
hurtle
v
1. move with or as if with a rushing sound; "the cars hurtled by"
2. make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl, thrust]
3. throw forcefully [syn: hurl, cast]
Verb
1. move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
2. make a thrusting forward movement
(synonym) lunge, hurl, thrust
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) dart
3. throw forcefully
(synonym) hurl, cast
(hypernym) throw
(hyponym) crash, dash
