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Hurl

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
hɜːl

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Françaisprojeter
DeutschSchleudern
18 more languages
العربيةألقىإقذف
Българскимятамхвърлям
Češtinamrštit
Հայերենշպրտել
Íslenskagrýta
日本語
Kurdîloktirar
Latinaiaciō
Македонскиметнефрли
Nederlandssmijtenwerpen
Svenskaslunga
Türkçefırlatmak

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.”

CEFR level

C2
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