hurl

hurl is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.
2. transitive verb. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.
3. transitive verb. To twist or turn.
4. intransitive verb. To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
5. intransitive verb. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
6. intransitive verb. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
7. noun. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
8. noun. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
9. noun. A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
10. noun. a violent throw

    Synonyms: cast

11. verb. utter with force; utter vehemently

    "hurl insults"

    "throw accusations at someone"

    Synonyms: throw

12. verb. throw forcefully

    Synonyms: cast, hurtle

13. verb. make a thrusting forward movement

    Synonyms: hurtle, lunge, thrust

Synonyms

cast, throw, hurtle, lunge, thrust

Common word forms

hurls, hurled, hurler, hurling

Words from these letters

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