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hurling
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hurl \Hurl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. [root]16. See Hurtle.]
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To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.
And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
--Pope. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.
--Spenser.[Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. ``Hurled or crooked feet.'' [Obs.]
--Fuller.
Hurling \Hurl"ing\, n.
The act of throwing with force.
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A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball.
--Carew.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
verbal noun of hurl (q.v.); attested 1520s as a form of hockey played in Ireland; c.1600 as the name of a game like hand-ball that once was popular in Cornwall.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act by which something is hurled or thrown. 2 An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar. 3 A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball. vb. (present participle of hurl English)
WordNet
adj. rushing and whirling; "the hurling water"
n. a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each
Wikipedia
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, and has been played for over 3,000 years. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie (camógaíocht). It shares a common Gaelic root with the sport of shinty (camanachd), which is played predominantly in Scotland.
The objective of the game is for players to use a wooden stick called a hurley (in Irish a camán, pronounced or ) to hit a small ball called a sliotar between the opponents' goalposts either over the crossbar for one point, or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for one goal, which is equivalent to three points. The sliotar can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air, or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked or slapped with an open hand (the hand pass) for short-range passing. A player who wants to carry the ball for more than four steps has to bounce or balance the sliotar on the end of the stick and the ball can only be handled twice while in his possession.
Provided that a player has at least one foot on the ground, a player may make a shoulder to shoulder charge on an opponent: (a) who is in possession of the ball, or (b) who is playing the ball, or (c) when both players are moving in the direction of the ball to play it.
No protective padding is worn by players. A plastic protective helmet with a faceguard is mandatory for all age groups, including senior level, as of 2010. The game has been described as "a bastion of humility", with player names absent from jerseys and a player's number decided by his position on the field.
Hurling is played throughout the world, and is popular among members of the Irish diaspora in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina, and South Korea. In many parts of Ireland, however, hurling is a fixture of life. It has featured regularly in art forms such as film, music and literature. The final of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was listed in second place by CNN in its "10 sporting events you have to see live", after the Olympic Games and ahead of both the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship. After covering the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final between Kilkenny and Waterford for BBC Television, English commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme was moved to describe hurling as his second favourite sport in the world after his first love, football (soccer). In 2007, Forbes magazine described the media attention and population multiplication of Thurles town ahead of one of the game's annual provincial hurling finals as being "the rough equivalent of 30 million Americans watching a regional lacrosse game".
Usage examples of "hurling".
Malink was hurling a string of native curses at Abo, who looked as if he would burst into tears any second.
Three backpacks exploded as the train pulled into the Atocha station, hurling rubble and steel and the unwitting in every direction.
But off in his beaked seagoing ships he lay, raging away at Atrides Agamemnon, king of armies, while his men sported along the surf, marking time, hurling the discus, throwing spears and testing bows.
After I had wasted my time in hurling at her bitter reproaches, the force of which did not strike her, and in proving to her that she was a stupid fool, she refuted all my arguments by the most complete silence.
For if it were attempted to evict the Innisturk people the evictors would be accused of hurling an entire population into the sea.
In the concourse outside, knots of factionists were already hurling missiles, brandishing improvised clubs, kicking, punching, and stabbing.
Hurling myself through the aperture I reached the garden, but a hundred feet from where the black was choking the life from my Dejah Thoris, and with a single great bound I was upon him.
Captain Foyn ran out of the sterncastle, sword waving, hurling curses at the thing that had taken one of his men.
The futchels creaked and squealed as the vehicle swung round another corner, tipping on to two wheels and hurling gobbets of mud into the osiers blurring past on both sides.
Adam the next morning coming from the garderobe, where he had been hurling the contents of his stomach for the past hour.
And the way the driver is hurling her about in the back is adding to her elation, as though she was at a fun fair on the Roller Ghoster, which used to come to Highbury Fields: Roll up, roll up, Roller Ghoster, fast ride, fast ride, down the hill, Roller Ghoster.
With that, Gizmo gathered rocks and started hurling them at the dragon.
He stopped only when he saw her on the point of hurling at him the chamber utensil which she had just seized.
Korvaasha and hurling him backward with the knockback effect of energy transfer.
His hurling motion terminated with a sweep that brought him face to face with Koy Shan and his henchmen.