Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Irish game resembling lacrosse played with a broad-bladed, netless stick.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game in which opposite parties strive to hurl or force a ball through their opponents' goal, or to place it at one of two points in a district of country.
- noun Strife.
- noun The young of the common perch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of throwing with force.
- noun A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
Irish game ofCeltic origin dating from AD400. It is played with anash stick called ahurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called asliotar . - noun A
Cornish street game resemblingrugby , played with a silver ball. - verb Present participle of
hurl .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each
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Examples
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Americans know no shame (thank you Oprah) in hurling their stuff on us.
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The bully is usually safe in hurling a race insult against the Jewish boy.
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The bully is usually safe in hurling a race insult against the Jewish boy.
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You’re entitled to your opinions and beliefs, but your hypocrisy in hurling playground insults and racial epithets at Ford just because he’s not sprung from your mold for African-American politicians is revolting.
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Speaking of soccer, I like to think I was among the first, maybe the first, to call hurling "The Beautiful Game."
Do hard-edged crime series get harder as they progress? Peter Rozovsky 2010
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I could not call hurling the world's greatest game off one match though folks were calling it porribly that best match ever by possibly the sport's greatest-ever team, but it sure looked good from where I sat: speed, grace, precision.
Do hard-edged crime series get harder as they progress? Peter Rozovsky 2010
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I agree with you that name hurling is infantile and I shall try to refrain from it.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Motorola -- the U.S. wireless-equipment giant that conceived the idea of hurling a phone system into space, and which owns 18 percent of Iridium -- has raised the possibility of liquidating the company.
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I distinctly recall hurling a bit of abuse at arabs in an earlier post (in fact in a couple).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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About a month after their departure, Ms. Costa says, Mr. Santos called hurling threats.
whichbe commented on the word hurling
This is an odd name for a sport.
December 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word hurling
Yes, they might as well have called it Whacking. Though mighty satisfying to pick up a sliotar and belt the besionnach out of it with your hurley.
December 2, 2008
sionnach commented on the word hurling
Where, by hurley, bilby means camán.
As in Camán Eileen. Though, of course, women's hurling is called camogie, because they play with a diminutive version of the camán, known as a camóg.
December 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word hurling
"Brant looked thoughtful, then said: 'Bit of a sticky wicket what?'
'You know cricket?'
'That's it, Guv - only the one expression. I have to ration it.'
'Well, you're about to get an education. I shall personally ensure you get a crash course. Don't the Irish play?'
Brant tried to look deprived. It made him look satanic.
'Just hurling I'm afraid.'
'What's that then?'
'A cross between hockey and murder.'"
- Ken Bruen, 'A White Arrest'.
August 29, 2009