hurtle
verb
- move very fast
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːtl̩/ / /ˈhɜɹt(ə)l/ / [-ɾ(ə)l]
noun
Etymology: See hurdle.
- Misspelling of hurdle.
verb
Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English hurtelen, hurtlen (“to cast, hurl, throw; to charge at; to clash in combat, fight; to collide; to injure; to knock down; to propel, push, thrust; to rush; to stumble”) [and other forms], from hurten (“to injure, wound, hurt (physically or figuratively); to damage, impair; to hurt one’s feelings, humiliate; to receive an injury; to collide into; to propel, push, thrust; to stumble”) (see further at English hurt (verb)) + -el-, -elen (frequentative suffix). The English word is analysable as hurt (“(obsolete) to knock; to strike”) + -le (frequentative suffix). The noun is derived from the verb.
- To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
“He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile.”
“Soone as thoſe glitterand armes he did eſpye, / That vvith their brightneſſe made that darknes light, / His harmefull club he gan to hurtle hye, / And threaten batteill to the Faery knight; […]”
- To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
“Only in solitude could that strong man give way to his emotions; and at first they rushed forth so confused and stormy, so hurtling one the other, that hours elapsed before he could serenely face the terrible crisis of his position.”
- To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in writing.
- To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
“The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour.”
“Pieces of broken glass hurtled through the air.”
- Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash.
“Yet could not all that force and furie ſhake / The valiant champions, nor their perſons vvound, / Together hurtled both their ſteedes, and brake / Each others necke, the riders lay on ground: / But they (great maſters of vvars dreadfull art) / Pluckt forth their ſvvords and ſoone from earth vp ſtart.”
- To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.
“The noiſe of Battell hurtled in the Ayre: / Horſſes do neigh, and dying men did grone, / And Ghoſts did ſhrieke and ſqueale about the ſtreets.”
“Now the Storm begins to lovver, / (Haſte, the loom of Hell prepare,) / Iron-ſleet of arrovvy ſhovver / Hurtles in the darken'd air.”
- Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.