Hurling
['hɜːlɪŋ] or ['hɝlɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each.
Checker: Sondra--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hurl
(n.) The act of throwing with force.
(n.) A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
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Examples
- The collision crushed our steel bows, and notwithstanding every effort on our part came near to hurling us from the deck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There he perched, hurling taunts and insults at the raging, foaming beast fifty feet below him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He planned basilicas and aqueducts, and designed powerful war-e ngines capable of hurling rocks weighing three or four hundred pounds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- See that you keep yourself out of my grip, he snarled, and hurling the twisted poker into the fireplace he strode out of the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- With a cry of encouragement I threw my weight against the secret door, but as well have assayed the down-hurling of the cliffs themselves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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