Definition of hurl

• 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.
• v. t. - To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.
• v. t. - To twist or turn.
• v. i. - To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
• v. i. - To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
• v. i. - To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
• n. - The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
• n. - Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
• n. - A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.