hurtle

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːtl̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɜɹt(ə)l/, [-ɾ(ə)l] Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)təl Homophone: hurdle (t/d-flapping dialects) Hyphenation: hurt‧le === Etymology 1 === The verb is derived from Middle English hurtelen, hurtlen (“to cast, hurl, throw; to charge at; to clash in combat, fight; to collide; to injure; to knock down; to propel, push, thrust; to rush; to stumble”) [and other forms], from hurten (“to injure, wound, hurt (physically or figuratively); to damage, impair; to hurt one’s feelings, humiliate; to receive an injury; to collide into; to propel, push, thrust; to stumble”) (see further at English hurt (verb)) + -el-, -elen (frequentative suffix). The English word is analysable as hurt (“(obsolete) to knock; to strike”) +‎ -le (frequentative suffix). The noun is derived from the verb. ==== Verb ==== hurtle (third-person singular simple present hurtles, present participle hurtling, simple past and past participle hurtled) (chiefly literary, poetic) (transitive, archaic) To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:throw 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. (figuratively) To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in writing. (intransitive) To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:move quickly (archaic) 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. (figuratively) Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== hurtle (countable and uncountable, plural hurtles) (chiefly literary, poetic) (countable) An act of colliding with or hitting; a collision. (countable, also figuratively) A rapid or uncontrolled movement; a dash, a rush. (countable) A sound of clashing or colliding; a clattering, a rattling. (uncountable, figuratively) (Violent) disagreement; conflict. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Possibly a clipping of hurtleberry, from Middle English hurtil-beri (“bilberry or blue whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); berry of this shrub”); further etymology unknown, compare Middle English horten, hurten (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”), and Old English horte (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”). ==== Noun ==== hurtle (plural hurtles) (obsolete, rare) Synonym of hurtleberry or whortleberry (“any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium; a berry of one of these shrubs”). Synonym: (obsolete except Britain, dialectal) hurt ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === See hurdle. ==== Noun ==== hurtle Misspelling of hurdle. === References === === Further reading === Vaccinium myrtillus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Vaccinium myrtillus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Vaccinium myrtillus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Anagrams === Luther, lureth, ruleth == Middle English == === Verb === hurtle alternative form of hurtelen