Lexic.us

Definition of Hurtle

1. Verb. Move with or as if with a rushing sound. "The cars hurtled by"

2. Verb. Make a thrusting forward movement.

3. Verb. Throw forcefully. "They hurtle the object in the water"

Definition of Hurtle

1. v. i. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.

2. v. t. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.

Definition of Hurtle

1. Verb. (intransitive) To move rapidly, violently, or without control. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive archaic) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive archaic) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive archaic) To push; to jostle; to hurl. ¹

6. Noun. A fast movement in literal or figurative sense. ¹

7. Noun. A clattering sound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hurtle

1. to rush violently [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurtle

hurt someone's feelings hurtable hurted hurter hurters hurtest hurteth hurtful hurtfull hurtfully

hurtfulness hurtfulnesses hurtier hurtiest hurting hurtle (current term) hurtleberries hurtleberry hurtled hurtles

hurtless hurtlessness hurtling hurtlingly hurts hurty husband husband-in-law husband-wife privilege husbandable

Literary usage of Hurtle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Se heurter à une pierre, to stumble at a stone,' id. ; which explains the sense ' to stumble ' in the quotation from Wyclif given under hurtle. ß. ..."

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