hurling
About 0.61 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
- noun 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.
- noun A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.
- verb present participle and gerund of hurl
Similar words
moving throwing tossing pelting dropping projecting spraying launching initiating hurtling
Often followed by
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Word family
hurlings
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