hurling
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hurling
noun hurlings
- The act by which something is hurled or thrown. In Mr. J. C. Hotten’s Life, and in Mr. A. W. Ward’s admirable monograph in the “English Men of Letters” Series, a paper of mine called “Pincher Astray” is attributed to Dickens.
- An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.
- A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.
verb
- present participle and gerund of hurl
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: moving, throwing, tossing, pelting, dropping, projecting, spraying, launching, initiating, hurtling, throw, flinging, fling, hurtle, stone-throwing, cast
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