hurdling
hurdling noun: a track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles. Also the present participle and gerund of hurdle.
Noun
hurdling (countable and uncountable, plural hurdlings)
- A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- hurdles collectively; frames of twigs, etc. for enclosing land
- It is not unusual to find the little school of a Jamaican village nothing more than a hut of wattled hurdlings, covered on the sides with mud or clay, rooted with palm leaves or grass.1993, Bob Rees, Marika Sherwood, Black Peoples of the Americas, page 51
Also used as
hurdling is also the present participle and gerund of hurdle.
Forms of hurdling
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Questions about hurdling
- What does hurdling mean?
- Hurdling means a track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- What part of speech is hurdling?
- Hurdling is a noun.
- What is the plural of hurdling?
- The plural of hurdling is hurdlings.
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