Meaning of Hurl | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
   countable
2. The act of vomiting.
   countable, slang, uncountable
3. Vomit.
   slang, uncountable
4. The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
   countable
5. A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc.
   Scotland, Ulster, countable, slang
6. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
7. A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.
   countable, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres.”

“The Gods, with horror and amaze, look’d down, Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent; Mountain on mountain thrown, With threatening hurl, that shook th’ aethereal [var.: aerial] firmament!”

“I laid down this law with all the girls and expected to receive a hurl of abuse back.”

“Open the window! I've gotta take a hurl.”

“WAYNE: What I'd really like to do is something extraordinary. Something big. […] But I'll probably end up working at Great America, mopping up hurl and lung butter.”

“Maybe you can give me a hurl in the Bentley one day, when you're in the vicinity.”

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