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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HURTLE

Hurtlen, from hurten to strike.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HURTLE

hurtle  [ˈhɜːtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HURTLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hurtle is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hurtle in English.

WHAT DOES HURTLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hurtle in the English dictionary

The definition of hurtle in the dictionary is to project or be projected very quickly, noisily, or violently. Other definition of hurtle is to collide or crash.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HURTLE

PRESENT

Present
I hurtle
you hurtle
he/she/it hurtles
we hurtle
you hurtle
they hurtle
Present continuous
I am hurtling
you are hurtling
he/she/it is hurtling
we are hurtling
you are hurtling
they are hurtling
Present perfect
I have hurtled
you have hurtled
he/she/it has hurtled
we have hurtled
you have hurtled
they have hurtled
Present perfect continuous
I have been hurtling
you have been hurtling
he/she/it has been hurtling
we have been hurtling
you have been hurtling
they have been hurtling
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 hurtled
you hurtled
he/she/it hurtled
we hurtled
you hurtled
they hurtled
Past continuous
I was hurtling
you were hurtling
he/she/it was hurtling
we were hurtling
you were hurtling
they were hurtling
Past perfect
I had hurtled
you had hurtled
he/she/it had hurtled
we had hurtled
you had hurtled
they had hurtled
Past perfect continuous
I had been hurtling
you had been hurtling
he/she/it had been hurtling
we had been hurtling
you had been hurtling
they had been hurtling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hurtle
you will hurtle
he/she/it will hurtle
we will hurtle
you will hurtle
they will hurtle
Future continuous
I will be hurtling
you will be hurtling
he/she/it will be hurtling
we will be hurtling
you will be hurtling
they will be hurtling
Future perfect
I will have hurtled
you will have hurtled
he/she/it will have hurtled
we will have hurtled
you will have hurtled
they will have hurtled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hurtling
you will have been hurtling
he/she/it will have been hurtling
we will have been hurtling
you will have been hurtling
they will have been hurtling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hurtle
you would hurtle
he/she/it would hurtle
we would hurtle
you would hurtle
they would hurtle
Conditional continuous
I would be hurtling
you would be hurtling
he/she/it would be hurtling
we would be hurtling
you would be hurtling
they would be hurtling
Conditional perfect
I would have hurtle
you would have hurtle
he/she/it would have hurtle
we would have hurtle
you would have hurtle
they would have hurtle
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hurtling
you would have been hurtling
he/she/it would have been hurtling
we would have been hurtling
you would have been hurtling
they would have been hurtling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hurtle
we let´s hurtle
you hurtle
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hurtle
Past participle
hurtled
Present Participle
hurtling
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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HURTLE


beetle
ˈbiːtəl
betel
ˈbiːtəl
brutal
ˈbruːtəl
chital
ˈtʃiːtəl
curtal
ˈkɜːtəl
diacetyl
ˌdaɪəˈsiːtəl
fetal
ˈfiːtəl
foetal
ˈfiːtəl
immortal
ɪˈmɔːtəl
intersertal
ˌɪntəˈsɜːtəl
kirtle
ˈkɜːtəl
mortal
ˈmɔːtəl
myrtle
ˈmɜːtəl
Nahuatl
ˈnɑːwɑːtəl
portal
ˈpɔːtəl
snirtle
ˈsnɜːtəl
spurtle
ˈspɜːtəl
turtle
ˈtɜːtəl
whortle
ˈhwɜːtəl
wortle
ˈwɜːtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HURTLE

hurried
hurriedly
hurriedness
hurrier
hurries
hurry
hurry-scurry
hurrying
hurryingly
hurst
Hurstmonceux
hurt
hurter
hurtful
hurtfully
hurtfulness
hurtleberry
hurtless
hurtlessly
hurtlessness

WORDS THAT END LIKE HURTLE

bog myrtle
chortle
common snapping turtle
crape myrtle
crepe myrtle
dartle
diamondback turtle
green turtle
hawksbill turtle
leathery turtle
loggerhead turtle
mud turtle
musk turtle
sea turtle
snapping turtle
soft-shelled turtle
startle
tortoiseshell turtle
turn turtle
wax myrtle

Synonyms and antonyms of hurtle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HURTLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hurtle» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hurtle
charge · crash · fly · plunge · race · rush · scoot · scramble · shoot · speed · spurt · stampede · tear

Translation of «hurtle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HURTLE

Find out the translation of hurtle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hurtle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hurtle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

猛冲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

precipitarse
570 millions of speakers

English

hurtle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज़ोर से फैंकना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقدم بسرعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Хертл
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

correr
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সশব্দে নিক্ষেপ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se précipiter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sakit hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rasen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

突進する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

큰 소리 내며 급히 움직이다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hurtle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chạm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சடசடவென்ற ஒலியுடன் செல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिडविणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çarpmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

precipitarsi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hurtle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Хертл
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hurtle
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκρούομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slingeren
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hurtle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hurtle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hurtle

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HURTLE»

The term «hurtle» is regularly used and occupies the 65.279 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HURTLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hurtle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hurtle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hurtle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HURTLE»

Discover the use of hurtle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hurtle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Domesticity, Imperialism, and Emigration in the Victorian Novel
If Paul had possessed enough fortitude to go to America and live with Mrs. Hurtle, he no doubt would have been successful with such a woman at his side. But Paul lacks this kind of ambition, and Hetta is right to claim that Mrs. Hurtle "would be ...
Diana C. Archibald, 2002
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Out in the Open
I was hailed by my friend from childhood, Hurtle Morphett, who was now President of the Club. Hurtle was seated in a cane chair by a drinks table, with two of the most dapper members of the Club, Lum Rymill (actually Sir Arthur Rymill, Lord ...
Geoffrey Dutton, 1995
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, with ...
Thou hurtlist to me the vesselis of bataile, and Y shal hurtle in thee Jentilis, and scatere in thee reumus; 21 and Y shal hurtle in thee the hors, and his“ hors man; and Y shal hurtle in thee 22the char, and his stegere; and I shal hurtle in thee the  ...
Josiah Forshall, Frederic Madden, 1801
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Dissociation and Wholeness in Patrick White's Fiction
Of course in the last quoted passage it is Hurtle—and not obviously White—who sees Nance's love as sentimental. But White can't move beyond this observation to a new basis for relationship. He keeps playing the scenario over and over like  ...
Laurence Steven, 1989
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Garner's Modern American Usage
The OED notes that hurtle is “sometimes confused with hurl,” distinguishing the two in this way: “the essential notion in hurtle is that of forcible collision, in hurl that of forcible projection.” A more appropriate distinction today is that hurl denotes a ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Making Scenes: Supersensual Masochism and Victorian Literature
Of such art there may be in it Mrs. Hurtle was a perfect master" (WWLN, 215). There is, then, an additional artistry to intimacy that nature alone cannot create, and Mrs. Hurtle is a "perfect master" of this art. While Mrs. Hurtle's art is enough to  ...
Claire Jarvis, 2009
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The Zane Grey Megapack: 42 Classic Novels and Short Stories
replied this country youngster Evidently my question had thrown some implication upon this particular player “I reckon you be a stranger in these parts,” said a pleasant old fellow “His name's Hurtle—Whitaker Hurtle Whit fer short He hain't lost ...
Zane Grey, 2013
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Plays and poems of William Shakespeare
Malone. s The noise of battle hurtled in the air,] To hurtle is, I suppose, to clash, or move with violence and noise. So, in Selimus, Emperor of the Turks, 1594 : " Here the Polonian he comes hurtling in, " Under the conduct of some foreign prince ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1821
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Death on the High C's
'Engaged?' 'Well, if Gay says so, that's OK by me,' said Hurtle with a look of unquenchable good—humour. 'I suppose you'll be hoping Gaylene could get in with the Elizabethan Theatre Trust,' said Calvin. 'So you could be together.' ' Together ...
Robert Barnard, 2013
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He Knew She was Right: The Independent Woman in the Novels ...
Hurtle repeatedly found herself in danger from violent men. She once shot a rapist in the head and had defended herself against her drunken husband with firearms. The reader, like Paul, is at first inclined to suspect that a woman who has so ...
Jane Nardin, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HURTLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hurtle is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mountainbikers hurtle down Olympic bobsled chute at exhilarating …
Mountainbikers hurtle down Olympic bobsled chute at exhilarating speed. 7 minutes ago. share. Supplied. Source: Mountainbikers hurtle down Olympic bobsled ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
2
Garcetti gets green light from key hurtle, now to Congress: Give us …
A $1.3 billion plan to restore a portion of the Los Angeles River cleared a key hurdle Thursday that will allow federal engineers to request ... «MyNewsLA.com, Jul 15»
3
Tetris: The Kotaku Review
Tetris gives us a respite from our existences, and a reminder that there isn't one, as we hurtle toward the heat death of the universe. «Kotaku, Jul 15»
4
Hitting the trails, driving the fairways at the Peaks - Richmond News
I felt sure, at any given second, I was going to lose it and hurtle down mountain like a runaway train being pulled by gravity towards a dusty, ... «Richmond News, Jul 15»
5
Magnetars, starquakes, and other amazing space oddities - The Week
As they hurtle through the void, runaway neutron stars pile up the rarefied interstellar gas that's in their way like the snow in front of a snowplow. «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Quadrophenia: A Way Of Life For 30 Years | Features | Clash …
Finally, we see the scooter he's riding hurtle fast off the cliff and crash fatally onto the rocks below. His fate is unclear - but pay attention to the very first scene of ... «Clash Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Race The Sun takes flight on Wii U this August - Nintendo Insider
Players are challenged to hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed as they race against the inevitable. Inspired by classic arcade games, ... «Nintendo Insider, Jul 15»
8
Watch a insane GoPro video of a mountain bike race down a glacier …
Jamie Nicoll recovered quickly and continued to hurtle down the mountain at incredible speed, but got involved in another nasty incident along ... «For The Win, Jul 15»
9
Where Will the New Horizons Probe Go After Pluto? | Science …
... for New Horizons as it explores the heliosphere, the bubble of solar material that cocoons our solar system as we hurtle through the galaxy. «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
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Trump claims he's worth $10 billion in personal finance disclosure …
The last hurtle for Donald Trump to participate in the Fox News GOP debate on Aug. 6 has been cleared; The Donald has officially filed his ... «Sun Times National, Jul 15»

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