Hurtle
['hɜːt(ə)l] or ['hɝtl]
Definition
(verb.) move with or as if with a rushing sound; 'The cars hurtled by'.
Typist: Malcolm--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
(v. t.) To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
(v. t.) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
(v. t.) To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
(v. t.) To push; to jostle; to hurl.
Checked by Abby
Definition
v.t. to dash against: to move violently: to clash: to rattle.—v.i. to move rapidly with a whirring sound.
Typed by Brandon
Examples
- Then the moons come; the mysterious, magic moons of Mars, hurtling like monster meteors low across the face of the planet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He felt that he was running away from himself--that by hurtling through the forest like a frightened squirrel he was escaping from his own thoughts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The concussion nearly capsized her, and with a sickening plunge she hurtled downward through the dark night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- What assurance that I might not as well be hurtled to some far-distant star of another solar system, as to Mars? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typed by Corinne