hurling
noun
hurl·ing ˈhər-liŋ 
: an Irish game resembling field hockey played between two teams of 15 players each
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An Irish game resembling both field hockey and lacrosse, hurling is played between two teams of 15 players. The game is mentioned in Irish manuscripts dating back to the 13th century. The stick used—a tapered, slightly curved device with a cupped blade at the end—is called a hurley. A point is scored by hitting the ball over the crossbar of the opposing team’s goalposts, three points by driving it under the crossbar. Hurling is considered the national pastime of Ireland.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Two Florida men were charged Friday with federal hate crimes in the violent attack and hurling of racial slurs at a Black man last November. 
Bradford Betz, Fox News, 19 June 2022 Visitors can also learn about the Irish sport of hurling, which will be holding a tournament at the festival. Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2022 There's also a sports section with icons of rugby, hurling and football, placed before a television, to catch a match. Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2022 The hurling up of magma from below sent a cloud of debris nearly 20 miles into the sky. New York Times, 21 Jan. 2022 Naturally, there’s a method to picking out the perfect hurling gourd, said Raven Chant, a Student Life coordinator. Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021 On both days, step-dancing demonstrations, hurling and football demonstrations will take place between the performing acts. Susan Dunne, courant.com, 14 Sep. 2021 At first glance, the hurling of F-bombs, menacing threats and burly security guards whisking away unruly members of the crowds packing suburban school board meetings in recent weeks seems straight out of a reality TV show. Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021 Before the pick: A three-year starter at Georgia, the childhood teammate of MLB’er Clayton Kershaw did some hurling of his own, throwing for 7,731 yards and 51 touchdowns. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2021 See More
Bradford Betz, Fox News, 19 June 2022 Visitors can also learn about the Irish sport of hurling, which will be holding a tournament at the festival. Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2022 There's also a sports section with icons of rugby, hurling and football, placed before a television, to catch a match. Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2022 The hurling up of magma from below sent a cloud of debris nearly 20 miles into the sky. New York Times, 21 Jan. 2022 Naturally, there’s a method to picking out the perfect hurling gourd, said Raven Chant, a Student Life coordinator. Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021 On both days, step-dancing demonstrations, hurling and football demonstrations will take place between the performing acts. Susan Dunne, courant.com, 14 Sep. 2021 At first glance, the hurling of F-bombs, menacing threats and burly security guards whisking away unruly members of the crowds packing suburban school board meetings in recent weeks seems straight out of a reality TV show. Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021 Before the pick: A three-year starter at Georgia, the childhood teammate of MLB’er Clayton Kershaw did some hurling of his own, throwing for 7,731 yards and 51 touchdowns. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1780, in the meaning defined above
hurling
verb
1
as in vomiting
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- vomiting
- spewing
- puking
- ejecting
- heaving
- barfing
- retching
- upchucking
- gagging
- spitting up
- disgorging
- throwing up
- regurgitating
- losing one's lunch
- tossing one's cookies
- expelling
- nauseating
2
as in flying
to proceed or move quickly a fighter jet hurled through the sky Synonyms & Similar Words
- flying
- racing
- scurrying
- rushing
- traveling
- driving
- trotting
- speeding
- hurrying
- jumping
- chasing
- zipping
- running
- travelling
- blasting
- blowing
- buzzing
- stepping
- darting
- scooting
- ripping
- scuttling
- ramming
- dashing
- tearing
- pelting
- whirling
- hurtling
- bowling
- shooting
- blazing
- zooming
- careening
- barreling
- bolting
- careering
- jogging
- hustling
- hying
- haring
- coursing
- rocketing
- humping
- belting
- rustling
- cannonballing
- bundling
- motoring
- whisking
- breezing
- nipping
- bustling
- bombing
- hastening
- barrelling
- galloping
- jetting
- beating it
- whizzing
- hieing
- scudding
- scampering
- highballing
- flitting
- scuffling
- sprinting
- streaking
- stepping on it
- making tracks
- getting a move on
- shaking a leg
- cracking (on)
- beetling
- stampeding
- accelerating
- hotfooting (it)
- outrunning
- overtaking
- outstripping
- outpacing
- arrowing
- stepping out
- quickening
- catching up
- beelining
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- poking
- crawling
- dragging
- creeping
- poking
- lingering
- hanging (around or out)
- lagging
- shuffling
- strolling
- dawdling
- loitering
- sauntering
- ambling
- lumbering
- dallying
- plodding
- decelerating
- tarrying
- slowing (down or up)
- dillydallying
3
as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm hurled snowballs at each other Synonyms & Similar Words
- throwing
- tossing
- flinging
- slinging
- firing
- launching
- hurtling
- lobbing
- pelting
- chucking
- bowling
- heaving
- catapulting
- lofting
- casting
- pitching
- pegging
- darting
- dashing
- flipping
- gunning
- rolling
- thrusting
- letting fly
- propelling
- ejecting
- precipitating
- projecting
- passing
- shooting
- hooking
- bucking
- rifling
- impelling