Definitions for hurly

hurly hurl·y

Spelling: [hur-lee]
IPA: /ˈhɜr li/

Hurly is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in hurly (hlruy).

Definitions for hurly

noun

  1. commotion; hurly-burly.
  2. British. hurley.
  3. the game of hurling.
  4. the leather-covered ball used in hurling.
  5. the stick used in hurling, similar to a field hockey stick but with a wide, flat blade.
  6. Informal. a club or cudgel.

Origin of hurly

First recorded in 1590-1600

Examples for hurly

I laid them to one side and next morning brought two men Crawford and hurly, down from the Post to witness the brands.

We were a comical pair driving into the hurly burly of the new city of Chicago.

Guy Trevelyan had not mastered his feelings during the "hurly burly," as firmly as was his wont.

The first one said: "Give him a touch of the hurly and let the others do the same; and we'll wallop him till he is dead."

It would also be well if they could pass the wet ground and avoid plunging against one another in the hurly burly.

A visitor from town tried to do so by fixing a nice quiet camp far away from the hurly burly.

A mountain torrent—a tributary of the Scind runs down the valley with the usual noise and hurly burly.

Wyth that a hurly burly rose amongs the people, euery man maruellinge what the matter shoulde be.

hurly of creduma therefore comes curiously near the quite modern brassey.

Breakfast was eaten at eight o'clock in the morning, and all was hurly burly and excitement till they had gone.

Word Value for hurly
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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