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hurtle

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
    He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile.
  2. verb To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
    He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile.
  3. verb To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
  4. verb To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in writing.
  5. verb To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
    The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
  6. verb To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
    The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
  7. verb Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash. To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound. Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.
  8. verb Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash.

Similar words

hurl cast lunge thrust hurdle outhurl uphurl huck haste hurkle

Often followed by

through down into toward past to duffield along across

Word family

hurtled hurtles hurtling

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