Meaning of "hurl" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HURL

Probably of imitative origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HURL

hurl  [hɜːl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HURL

Hurl is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hurl in English.

WHAT DOES HURL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hurl

Hurl or HURL may refer to: ▪ Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, a regional undersea research facility of the US National Undersea Research Program ▪ Hurl Park, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa ▪ H.U.R.L., a nonviolent video game aimed at children, released in 1995 ▪ Hurl!, a game show which aired on the G4 television channel ▪ Hurl or Hurley, a wooden stick used to hit a sliotar in the Irish sport of hurling ▪ A slang term for vomiting...

Definition of hurl in the English dictionary

The first definition of hurl in the dictionary is to throw or propel with great force. Other definition of hurl is to utter with force; yell. Hurl is also to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HURL

PRESENT

Present

I hurl

you hurl

he/she/it hurls

we hurl

you hurl

they hurl

Present continuous

I am hurling

you are hurling

he/she/it is hurling

we are hurling

you are hurling

they are hurling

Present perfect

I have hurled

you have hurled

he/she/it has hurled

we have hurled

you have hurled

they have hurled

Present perfect continuous

I have been hurling

you have been hurling

he/she/it has been hurling

we have been hurling

you have been hurling

they have been hurling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I hurled

you hurled

he/she/it hurled

we hurled

you hurled

they hurled

Past continuous

I was hurling

you were hurling

he/she/it was hurling

we were hurling

you were hurling

they were hurling

Past perfect

I had hurled

you had hurled

he/she/it had hurled

we had hurled

you had hurled

they had hurled

Past perfect continuous

I had been hurling

you had been hurling

he/she/it had been hurling

we had been hurling

you had been hurling

they had been hurling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will hurl

you will hurl

he/she/it will hurl

we will hurl

you will hurl

they will hurl

Future continuous

I will be hurling

you will be hurling

he/she/it will be hurling

we will be hurling

you will be hurling

they will be hurling

Future perfect

I will have hurled

you will have hurled

he/she/it will have hurled

we will have hurled

you will have hurled

they will have hurled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been hurling

you will have been hurling

he/she/it will have been hurling

we will have been hurling

you will have been hurling

they will have been hurling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would hurl

you would hurl

he/she/it would hurl

we would hurl

you would hurl

they would hurl

Conditional continuous

I would be hurling

you would be hurling

he/she/it would be hurling

we would be hurling

you would be hurling

they would be hurling

Conditional perfect

I would have hurl

you would have hurl

he/she/it would have hurl

we would have hurl

you would have hurl

they would have hurl

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been hurling

you would have been hurling

he/she/it would have been hurling

we would have been hurling

you would have been hurling

they would have been hurling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you hurl
we let´s hurl
you hurl

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to hurl

Past participle

hurled

Present Participle

hurling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HURL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hurl» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of hurl

bellow · cast · chuck · fire · fling · heave · launch · pitch · project · propel · roar · scream · send · shout · shy · sling · throw · toss · yell

TRANSLATION OF HURL

Find out the translation of hurl to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hurl from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hurl» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 用力掷
• Translator English - Spanish: lanzar
• English: hurl
• Translator English - Hindi: उछालना
• Translator English - Arabic: القاء
• Translator English - Russian: метать
• Translator English - Portuguese: arremessar
• Translator English - Bengali: সজোরে নিক্ষেপ
• Translator English - French: lancer
• Translator English - Malay: Hurl
• Translator English - German: schleudern
• Translator English - Japanese: 強く投げつける
• Translator English - Korean: 휙 던지다
• Translator English - Javanese: Hurl
• Translator English - Vietnamese: quăn
• Translator English - Tamil: வீசுவதற்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: फोडणे
• Translator English - Turkish: savurmak
• Translator English - Italian: scagliare
• Translator English - Polish: miesc
• Translator English - Ukrainian: метати
• Translator English - Romanian: aruncare
• Translator English - Greek: εκσφενδονίσουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: sprong
• Translator English - Swedish: slungning
• Translator English - Norwegian: slynge

10 QUOTES WITH «HURL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hurl.

1

Octavia Butler

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

2

Taissa Farmiga

First off, I could never become a doctor. Blood? Even the fake blood on 'American Horror Story,' I'm kind of ready to hurl.

3

Jennifer Gilmore

What is it about the blank page that makes me want to hurl myself into a game of solitaire? I ask myself these kinds of questions while I'm playing solitaire.

4

Russell Hoban

Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone.

5

Rachel Johnson

It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.

6

Jonathan Nolan

Look at anyone's bookcase at home, no matter how modest, and you're going to find a book that contains wisdom or ideas or a language that's at least a thousand years old. And the idea that humans have created a mechanism to time travel, to hurl ideas into the future, it sort of bookends. Books are a time machine.

7

Jose Rizal

I may be what my enemies desire me to be, yet never an accusation are they able to hurl against me which makes me blush or lower my forehead; and I hope that God will be merciful enough with me, to prevent me from committing one of those faults which would involve my family.

8

Bayard Taylor

Oh! what waves of crime and bloodshed have swept like the waves of a deluge down the valley of the Rhine! War has laid his mailed hand on those desolate towers and ruthlessly torn down what time has spared, yet he could not mar the beauty of the shore, nor could Time himself hurl down the mountains that guard it.

9

Sid Waddell

The thing about darts is that you've got to shout. It's not like cricket where you can talk to Michael Atherton and ask him to analyse the bloody nuances. Darts does not have nuances. You've got to hurl yourself at it.

10

Richard Wright

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HURL»

Discover the use of hurl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hurl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Shake, Rattle, and Hurl!

Rotten School schemer Bernie Bridges is determined that Rotten House will beat Nyce House in the annual talent contest.

R. L. Stine, 2011

Women's roles in eighteenth-century Europe

Explores the role of European women in the eighteenth century, discussing the relationship between women and religion, work, family, law, and culture and noting the differences wrought by class, age, marital status, and region.

Jennine Hurl-Eamon, 2010

Rotten School #5: Shake, Rattle, and Hurl!

Chipmunk is so shy.

R.L. Stine, 2009

Privatization and the Public Sector

This series for A and AS level students covers a broad range of topics and looks at current economic issues that affect students' lives as required by the SCAA Core for Economics. This title looks at privatization and the public sector

Bryan Hurl, 1995

Ballou's Monthly Magazine

Blow, or no blow, I'm goin' to tell just what I know about young Harry Loud," replied Mark Willis, as he twirled his hat upon his fingers, and gazed first at the boy, then at the captain, and then settled his look upon Hurl Grapnell. " Mark Willis ...

‎1862

The Surrender of the Other: Food For the Era of Love

If I hurl my 'I', and God's things come out from inside that, and by doing so, if I can save myself, my family and the world, then I must hurl. It is not easy to give myself up* to such a degree. How could God's things possibly come out when I have ...

Young-Rock Lee, 2012

A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...

HURL, v. t. [Arm. harlua. This may be a different spelling of whirl.} 1 . To throw with violence ; to drive with great force ; as, to hurl a stone. And hurl them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope. 2. To utter with vehemence ; as, to hurl out vows.

Noah Webster, 1832

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

321 : Voluntarily causing hurt - Whoever does ;iny act with the intention of thereby causing hurt lo any person, or with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause hurl to any person, and does thereby cause hurt to any person, is said ...

R.N. Karmakar

The Incredibly Stupid Adventures of the Incredibly Stupid ...

said Hurl. “If you want it to stop, tell me where the Gem of the Universe is!” “ NEVER!!!” yelled Stuper Man. “Very well, then!” said Hurl. “Grandpa, let me at them. It's meatloaf night now.” “BLECH!!!” said Snotty, turning away from the Dumbbell ...

Patrick C. F. Wise, 2011

Trukese-English Dictionary

method of hunting turtles. hurl mona- (unsp.): throw, cast, hurl. /««-2(unsp.): throw , hurl. aanneen (va.): shoot at, strike at, hurl at. ttuumachew (vi.): hurl spears, do spear-throwing. aanna, anna2 (vo.): shoot at, strike at, hurl at (with gun, spear, ...

‎1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HURL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hurl is used in the context of the following news items.

Austerity and Unrest: Greek protesters hurl petrol bombs at police …

Athens: Anti-austerity protesters hurled petrol bombs at police in front of Greece's parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers began debating ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»

Greek protesters hurl molotov cocktails at police

Greek protesters hurl molotov cocktails at police. Anti-establishment protesters in Athens throw dozens of petrol bombs at police in front of parliament ahead of a ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Belfast officers injured after youths hurl bottles - Belfast Telegraph

Two officers were injured and a girl aged 16 was arrested on suspicion of riotous behaviour during a second night of disturbances in the ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

The World's Biggest, Messiest Food Fight Festival, Spain's La …

In late August, thousands of people from around the world will flock to the small Spanish town of Buñol, near Valencia, for the joy of hurling ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

Youths hurl stones at police investigating suspicious Harrogate …

Youths hurl stones at police investigating suspicious Harrogate collision. Police at Fairfax Avenue (s) image from Google Maps. Dan Windham ... «Wetherby Today, Jul 15»

Watch Queen Elizabeth's Husband Hurl F-Word at Photographer

Prince Philip once called himself an expert in “dontopedalogy,” which he explained as “the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»

Serbia PM forced to flee as angry crowds hurl stones at Srebrenica …

An angry crowd disrupts a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre yesterday with stones hurled at Serbia's leader ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

Chase, GREC exec hurl email bolts at each other

When City Commissioner Todd Chase read a column in The Sun on Monday written by Gainesville Renewable Energy Center president Jim ... «Gainesville Sun, Jul 15»

Thugs attack DAP event, hurl bowls at Kit Siang

A DAP function in a coffeeshop in Masai, Johor was attacked by a group of thugs who wanted to prevent DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang from ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»

Danny and Marc hurl water at each other in one last bust-up

The heartwarming moment little Piper tries on her new glasses and can see her parents clearly for the first time. Heartwarming moment baby sees parents. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»