1. Throw forcefully
   "The pitcher hurled the ball at top speed";
   - hurtle, cast
    
2. Make a thrusting forward movement
   "The pitcher hurled the ball toward home plate";
   - lunge, hurtle, thrust
    
3. Utter with force; utter vehemently
   "hurl insults";
   - throw
    
4. [informal] Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "The seasick passenger hurled over the ship's rail";
   - vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spew [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], keck [informal], vom [informal], boak [UK, dialect], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit, informal], ralph [N. Amer, informal], bring up

1. A violent throw
   "His hurl of the discus set a new record";
   - cast

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Derived forms: hurls, hurling, hurled

See also: cast anchor

Type of: egest, eliminate, excrete, express, give tongue to, move, pass, throw, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, wing

Encyclopedia: Hurl