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1hurtle — verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) if something, especially something big or heavy, hurtles somewhere, it moves or falls very fast: hurtle down/through/along etc: Huge pieces of rock went hurtling down the mountainside …
2hurtle — (v.) early 14c., hurteln, to crash together; to crash down, knock down, probably frequentative of hurten (see HURT (Cf. hurt) (v.)) in its original sense. Intrans. meaning to rush, dash, charge is late 14c. The essential notion in hurtle is that… …
3Hurtle — Hur tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hurtled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurtling}.] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See {Hurt}, v. t., and cf. {Hurl}.] 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. [1913 Webster] Together hurtled both their steeds.… …
4hurtle — UK [ˈhɜː(r)t(ə)l] / US [ˈhɜrt(ə)l] verb [intransitive] Word forms hurtle : present tense I/you/we/they hurtle he/she/it hurtles present participle hurtling past tense hurtled past participle hurtled to move very quickly, especially in an… …
5hurtle — 1. verb /hɜːtl,hɝtl/ a) To move rapidly, violently, or without control. The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour. b) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. Pieces of broken glass hurt …
6hurtle — /herr tl/, v., hurtled, hurtling, n. v.i. 1. to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway. 2. to move or go noisily or resoundingly, as with violent or rapid motion: The sound was deafening, as tons of snow hurtled… …
7hurtle — hur|tle [ hɜrtl ] verb intransitive hurtle toward/along/down/forward to move very quickly, especially in an uncontrolled way: A hunk of space debris is hurtling toward the Earth. He hurtled down the mountainside …
8hurtle — Synonyms and related words: assault, bang, bang into, bear, bear upon, bolt, boost, bowl, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bump into, bunt, butt, butt against, cannon, career, carom, carom into, cast, catapult, chuck, chunk, clash,… …
9hurtle — [[t]hɜ͟ː(r)t(ə)l[/t]] hurtles, hurtling, hurtled VERB If someone or something hurtles somewhere, they move there very quickly, often in a rough or violent way. [V prep] A pretty young girl came hurtling down the stairs. Syn: plunge …
10hurdle, hurtle — Hurdle means to leap over, to overcome : I can easily hurdle that small stream. He is determined to hurdle every obstacle in his path. Hurtle means to move with great speed, to rush, to go violently : The motorcycle hurtled down the road. An… …