Word Finder - hurling

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To throw (something) with force.

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To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.

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To participate in the sport of hurling.

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To vomit.

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To twist or turn.

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To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl.

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To convey in a wheeled vehicle.

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The act by which something is hurled or thrown.

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An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.

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A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.

Maybe hurling big boulders - even making them change into steaming chunks of lava on the way - is more your thing.

Why is Marquez, years later, just now hurling abuse allegations?

The Black God was fighting nearby, hurling black clouds at the Others then trying not to get hit by lightning in return.

Mark pushed the pram as they passed, and the students started hurling abuse.

Instead of hurling hand grenades, he lobbed meringues.

First of all, the charioteers drive all over the field hurling javelins.

Albert is long dead - killed in a fit of pique by Harold hurling an assegai through the door of the kazee.

Peter Ridsdale has hardly been a rock of support, criticizing results, hurling brickbats at O'Leary and talking of offloading players.

The scientists out of panic accidentally hurling the wrong person back into the past.

When he was not hurling himself at the entire Hearts defense he was back defending.

Nevertheless he quickly fought back, hurling invective against Kautsky for all he was worth.

Geraldo is somewhat melodramatic, hurling his arms about like an Italian explaining there's a bomb in the windmill.

Fans were drawn to Ramsay's over-the-top personality and his tendency toward hurling abuse and foul language at the contestants.

If you embark on those multiplayer death matches in games like Halo and Call of Duty, it may be worth your while to read a few video game strategy guides before hurling yourself headlong into the heat of battle.

Sure, you may have every reason for breaking off the relationship, but pointing fingers and hurling insults won't get the job done any quicker or easier.

Gods are represented with their appropriate attributes - the fire-god hurling his spear, the moon-goddess with a shell, &c.; the scenes of human life are pictures of warriors fighting with club and spear, men paddling in canoes, women spinning and weaving, &c. An important step towards phonetic writing appears in the picture-names of places and persons.

His attributes were the spear and the burning torch, symbolical of the devastation caused by war (in ancient times the hurling of a torch was the signal for the commencement of hostilities).