Thesaurus: hurtle

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1. v. t. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
2. v. t. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
3. v. t. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
4. v. t. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
5. v. t. To push; to jostle; to hurl.
6. v. move with or as if with a rushing sound
7. v. make a thrusting forward movement
8. v. throw forcefully
9. 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. Together hurtled both their steeds. Fairfax. 2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish. Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. Spenser. Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. R. L. Stevenson. 3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. The noise of battle hurtled in the air. Shak. The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground. Mrs. Browning. 1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish. [Obs.] His harmful club he gan to hurtle high. Spenser. 2. To push; to jostle; to hurl. And he hurtleth with his horse adown. Chaucer.
10. v:100 v. move with or as if with a rushing sound