hurling

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English

Definitions

verb

To throw (something) with force.
To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
To participate in the sport of hurling.
To vomit.

noun

The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.
A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.

Related words

Synonyms

moving throwing tossing pelting dropping projecting spraying launching initiating hurtling throw flinging fling hurtle stone-throwing cast

Associated

munster trouncing gaelic birr leinster shinty decider limerick staging cork underage culmination

Rhymes

whirling swirling purling sterling twirling yearling sperling spurling unfurling pound sterling

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