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Hurling

To throw (something) with force.

📖 Definitions of "Hurling"

verb

noun

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.

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
movingnoun	(not comparable) That moves or move.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
movingnoun	(not comparable) That moves or move.
throwingnoun	The act by which something is thrown.
tossingnoun	The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.
peltingnoun	The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
droppingnoun	The act of something that drops or falls.
projectingnoun	The act by which something is projected.
sprayingnoun	The act by which something is sprayed.
launchingnoun	The act by which something is launched; a launch.
initiatingverb	(transitive) To begin; to start.
hurtlingverb	The act of something being hurtled or thrown.
throwverb	(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
flingingverb	The act by which something is flung.
flingnoun	A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
hurtlenoun	(countable, also figuratively) A rapid or uncontrolled movement; a dash, a rush.
stone-throwingnoun	The action of throwing one or more stones, often as a form of aggression or assault, or with the intention of causing damage.
castnoun	An act of throwing.
thrustingnoun	The motion by which someone or something thrusts.
shovingverb	The act of one who shoves.
thrustnoun	A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
toothrownoun	(sciences) A row of teeth.