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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hur•dle /ˈhɜrdəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -dled, -dling. n. - Sport[countable] a fencelike barrier or frame over which racers or horses must jump in certain races.
- Sport hurdles, [uncountable* used with a singular verb] a track race in which racers leap hurdles.
- [countable] a difficulty to be overcome;
obstacle.
v. [~ + object] - to leap over (a barrier), as in a race:He hurdled the bars easily.
- to overcome;
surmount:He hurdled the last obstacle to success.
hur•dler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hur•dle (hûr′dl),USA pronunciation n., v., -dled, -dling. n. - Sporta portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
- Sport hurdles, (used with a sing. v.) a race in which contestants must leap over a number of such barriers placed at specific intervals around the track. Cf. high hurdles, low hurdles.
- Sportany of various vertical barriers, as a hedge, low wall, or section of fence, over which horses must jump in certain types of turf races, as a steeplechase, but esp. an artificial barrier.
- a difficult problem to be overcome;
obstacle. - British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a movable rectangular frame of interlaced twigs, crossed bars, or the like, as for a temporary fence.
- a frame or sled on which criminals, esp. traitors, were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
v.t. - to leap over (a hurdle, barrier, fence, etc.), as in a race.
- to master (a difficulty, problem, etc.);
overcome. - to construct with hurdles;
enclose with hurdles.
v.i. - to leap over a hurdle or other barrier.
- bef. 900; Middle English hirdel, hurdel (noun, nominal), Old English hyrdel, equivalent. to hyrd- + -el noun, nominal suffix; compare German Hürde hurdle; akin to Latin crātis hurdle, wickerwork, Greek kýrtos basket, cage, Sanskrit kṛt spin
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