Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.2. (v. t.) To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. 3. (v. t.) To twist or turn. 4. (v. i.) To hurl one's self; to go quickly. 5. (v. i.) To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). 6. (v. i.) To play the game of hurling. See Hurling. 7. (n.) The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. 8. (n.) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. 9. (n.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring. Thesaurus bowl bung cast cast at catapult change of pace change-up chuck chuck at chunk clap curve dart dash downcurve fastball fire fire at fling fling at flip fork forward pass heave heave at hurl against hurl at hurtle incurve jerk knuckleball lance lateral lateral pass launch let fly let fly at lob outcurve pass peg pelt pitch pitchfork plank plop plump plunk propel put put the shot screwball send serve service shot-put shy shy at sinker slap slider sling sling at snap spitball spitter throw throw at thrust tilt toss toss at upcurve |