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hurtle

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Synonyms: hustle, hurdle, hurkle, turtle, hurple, hurte, hurtee, hartle, burtle, purtle

Antonyms: hustle, hurdle, hurkle, turtle, hurple, hurte, hurtee, hartle, burtle, purtle

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

  1. To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
    • He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile.
  2. To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
    • He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile.
  3. To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
  4. To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in writing.
  5. To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
    • The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
    • Pieces of broken glass hurtled through the air.
  6. To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
    • The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
    • Pieces of broken glass hurtled through the air.
  7. Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash. To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound. Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.
  8. Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash.
  9. To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.
  10. Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.

Noun

  1. An act of colliding with or hitting; a collision.
  2. A rapid or uncontrolled movement; a dash, a rush.
  3. A sound of clashing or colliding; a clattering, a rattling.
  4. (Violent) disagreement; conflict.

Noun

  1. Synonym of hurtleberry or whortleberry (“any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium; a berry of one of these shrubs”).

Noun

  1. Misspelling of hurdle.

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