Dictionary entry

Hurl

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hurl (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hurled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. √16. See Hurtle.] 1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.

2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.

3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. “Hurled or crooked feet.” Fuller.