hurling
hurling noun: the act by which something is hurled or thrown. Also the present participle and gerund of hurl.
Noun
hurling (countable and uncountable, plural hurlings)
- The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
- In Mr. J. C. Hotten’s Life, and in Mr. A. W. Ward’s admirable monograph in the “English Men of Letters” Series, a paper of mine called “Pincher Astray” is attributed to Dickens.Edmund Yates (1884), “A Dickens Chapter”, in Edmund Yates: His Recollections and Experiences, volume II, London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 111
- 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.
- A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.
Also used as
hurling is also the present participle and gerund of hurl.
Examples of hurling in a sentence
- After hurling their insults, they ran like the clappers to get away.
- (hurling) the end of a hurley.
- We are into senior hurling now, to use an Irish phrase.
Forms of hurling
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Words formed from hurling
Phrases with hurling
Questions about hurling
- What does hurling mean?
- Hurling means the act by which something is hurled or thrown.
- What part of speech is hurling?
- Hurling is a noun.
- What is the plural of hurling?
- The plural of hurling is hurlings.
Words near hurling in the dictionary
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