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outhurl

outhurl verb: to surpass in hurling or throwing.

Verb

outhurl (third-person singular simple present outhurls, present participle outhurling, simple past and past participle outhurled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in hurling or throwing.
    • In the spear-throwing competition, I was the victor, outhurling Phyleus.2017, David Bruce, Homer's Iliad: A Retelling in Prose, page 341

Forms of outhurl

third-person singular presentouthurls
present participleouthurling
past participleouthurled
pastouthurled

Origin of outhurl

From out- + hurl.

Questions about outhurl

What does outhurl mean?
Outhurl means to surpass in hurling or throwing.
What part of speech is outhurl?
Outhurl is a verb.
What is the past tense of outhurl?
The past tense of outhurl is outhurled.

Words near outhurl in the dictionary

  1. outhumours
  2. outhunt
  3. outhunted
  4. outhunting
  5. outhunts
  6. outhurl
  7. outhurled
  8. outhurling
  9. outhurls
  10. outhustle
  11. outhustled

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