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hurley

US/ˈhɝli/

hurley noun: a stick used in the game of hurling.

hurley: a stick used in the game of hurling
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Noun

hurley (countable and uncountable, plural hurleys)

  1. (countable) A stick used in the game of hurling.
  2. (proscribed, uncountable) The game of hurling.

Proper noun capitalized: Hurley

Hurley

  1. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó hUirthile or Ó Comáin.
  2. An Irish surname, a variant of Herlihy.
  3. An English surname from Old English, a variant of Harley.
  4. A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8283).
  5. A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2495).
  6. An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama; named for early settler Edmund Hurley.
  7. A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
  8. A minor city in Stone County, Missouri.
  9. A town in Grant County, New Mexico.
  10. A town and census-designated place therein, in Ulster County, New York; likely named for the village in Berkshire.
  11. A minor city in Turner County, South Dakota; named for railroad engineer R. E. Hurley.
  12. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia; probably named for early settler Samuel Robert Hurley.
  13. A city, the county seat of Iron County, Wisconsin; named for attorney M. A. Hurley.

hurley meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

hurley in Hindi

हर्ली, हर्ले

hurley in Tamil

ஹர்லி, ஹர்லீ

hurley in Marathi

हर्ली

hurley in Urdu

ہرلی
More languagesFewer languages
hurley in Telugu
హర్లీ, హుర్లీ
hurley in Malayalam
ഹർലി, ഹുർലി
hurley in Kannada
ಹರ್ಲಿ, ಹರ್ಲೀ
hurley in Punjabi
ਹਰ੍ਲੀ
hurley in Gujarati
હર્લી
hurley in Odia
ହର୍ଲୀ
hurley in Nepali
हर्ली

Forms of hurley

Noun
pluralhurleys
Proper noun
alternative formO'Hurley

Origin of hurley

From hurl.

From Old English hyrne (“corner”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Words formed from hurley

Phrases with hurley

Questions about hurley

What does hurley mean?
Hurley means a stick used in the game of hurling.
What is hurley in Hindi?
Hurley in Hindi is हर्ली, हर्ले. See Hurley meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hurley?
Hurley can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hurley?
Hurley is pronounced /ˈhɝli/ (US).
What is the plural of hurley?
The plural of hurley is hurleys.

Words near hurley in the dictionary

  1. hurlers on the ditch
  2. Hurles
  3. hurlest
  4. Hurleston
  5. hurleth
  6. hurley
  7. Hurley stage
  8. Hurley stages
  9. Hurley staging system
  10. hurleys
  11. Hurlford

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hurley (page history and authors); Hurley (page history and authors); hurley (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hurley (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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