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Hurtle

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thrustnounA push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
castverb(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
hurlverb(transitive) To throw (something) with force.
lungenounAn exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.

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WordDefinition
hurlverb(transitive) To throw (something) with force.
castverb(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
lungenounAn exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
thrustnounA push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
hurdlenoun(athletics, equestrianism) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
outhurlverb(transitive) To surpass in hurling or throwing.
uphurlverb(transitive) To hurl or cast up.
hucknoun(Ultimate Frisbee) A long throw, generally at least half a field in length.
hastenounSpeed; swiftness; dispatch.
hurklenounto cower
hustlenounA state of busy activity.
thrillnounA trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
upthrownoun(geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.
tumblenounA fall, especially end over end.
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.
thrutchverb(UK dialectal, Northern England) To push; press; shove; thrust.
whirrynoun(obsolete) A sudden or quick movement; a whirr.
hop the twigverb(archaic, slang) To run away.
horknounTo vomit, cough up.
vehiculateverb(archaic) To convey by means of a vehicle.

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