Definitions for hurl

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Spelling: [hurl]
IPA: /hɜrl/

Hurl is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in hurl (hlru).

Definitions for hurl

noun

  1. a forcible or violent throw; fling.

verb (used with object)

  1. to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
  2. to throw or cast down.
  3. to utter with vehemence:

verb (used without object)

  1. to throw a missile.
  2. Baseball. to pitch a ball.

Origin of hurl

1175-1225; Middle English hurlen, equivalent to hur- (perhaps akin to hurry) + -len -le; akin to Low German hurreln to toss, Frisian hurreln t

Examples for hurl

One landlord even paid somebody to hurl a Molotov cocktail into an apartment just to smoke out tenants and jack up rents.

They were taught to box, to wrestle, to throw the discus, and to hurl the spear.

“You demand loyalty from people, but you never show it,” he complained to the boss, prompting Ailes to hurl a water bottle at him.

Then he would seize brands from the fire and hurl them into the pack.

But for true diva status, you need to hurl a phone at an assistant (Naomi Campbell).

For this let us honour the kiwi, and hurl him in the face of the early risers.

If I hurl my assegai at another, another hurls his assegai at me, and in a measure we are quits.

But for Germany, France, England to fight, to hurl millions of men at each other!

The men formed a human bulldozer, forcing back agitators who sought to hurl rocks and bottles at the cops.

When it comes to the Syria conflict, recent developments may hurl us off the cliff.

Word Value for hurl
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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