hurl

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English hurlen, of onomatopoeic origin; compare hurry, hurtle. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /hɜːl/ (US) IPA(key): /hɝl/ (New Zealand, Wales) IPA(key): /høːl/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /hʌɾl/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /heːl/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /hɛːl/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l === Verb === hurl (third-person singular simple present hurls, present participle hurling, simple past and past participle hurled) (transitive) To throw (something) with force. Synonyms: chuck, fling; see also Thesaurus:throw (transitive) To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target. The gangs hurled abuse at each other. (intransitive) To participate in the sport of hurling. (intransitive, slang) To vomit. Synonyms: throw up; see also Thesaurus:regurgitate (obsolete, transitive) To twist or turn. (obsolete) To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl. (Scotland, transitive, obsolete) To convey in a wheeled vehicle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hurl (countable and uncountable, plural hurls) (countable) A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling. He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres. Benjamin W. Evans, Tales From The Kerb (page 25) I laid down this law with all the girls and expected to receive a hurl of abuse back. (slang) The act of vomiting. (slang, uncountable) Vomit. 1993, Wayne's World 2 (film) WAYNE: What I'd really like to do is something extraordinary. Something big. […] But I'll probably end up working at Great America, mopping up hurl and lung butter. (hurling, countable) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley. (Ulster, Scotland, slang, countable) A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc. (obsolete) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. (obsolete, countable) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring. === Anagrams === Ruhl == Middle English == === Verb === hurl alternative form of hurlen