v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hurled p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling. ] [ OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. √16. See Hurtle. ] 1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance. [ 1913 Webster ]

And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Cf. Whirl. ] To twist or turn. “Hurled or crooked feet.” [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). [ 1913 Webster ]

God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [ Obs. ] Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Whirlbat. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. See Whirlbone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hurls, or plays at hurling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of throwing with force. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A whirlwind. [ Obs. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hurler to howl. ] Noise; confusion; uproar. [ 1913 Webster ]

That, with the hurly, death itself awakes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E. hurry. ] Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]