Dictionary entry

Hurtle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. Fairfax.

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. Spenser.

Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. R. 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. Shak.

The earthquake sound

Hurtling 'death the solid ground. Mrs. Browning.