Hurl (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Hurled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted
fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E.
whirl. √16. See Hurtle.] 1.
To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with
violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or
lance.
And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and
main.
Pope.
2. To emit or utter with vehemence or
impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.
Spenser.
3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or
turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.]
Fuller.
Hurl, v. i. 1. To
hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]
2. To perform the act of hurling something;
to throw something (at another).
God shall hurl at him and not
spare.
Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).
3. To play the game of hurling. See
Hurling.
Hurl, n. 1. The
act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
Congreve.
2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.]
Knolles.
3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber
is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.