hurtle

Meaning

Verb

1. To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
2. To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
3. To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in writing.
4. To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
5. Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash.
6. To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.
7. Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.

Noun

1. An act of colliding with or hitting; a collision.
2. A rapid or uncontrolled movement; a dash, a rush.
3. A sound of clashing or colliding; a clattering, a rattling.
4. (Violent) disagreement; conflict.

Noun

Synonym of hurtleberry or whortleberry (“any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium; a berry of one of these shrubs”)

Synonyms

hurl

dart

🎯

rush

lunge

fly

✈️

shoot

skitter

dash

💨

swoop down

conflict

speed

run

career

cast

fling

thrust

interfere

jump

leap

lurch

plunge

race

reverberate

ruin

run along

scoot

scud

scurry

scuttle

skedaddle

sling

spoil

spring

sprint

start

sway

tear

wreck

zip

zoom

zoom along

pounce on

skim over

rush along

assail

come into collision

attack

👊

bolt

careen

catapult

charge

clash

collapse

collide

collision

💥

contravene

crash

fall

flee

gallop

hurry

Hyphenated as

hurt‧le

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɜːtl̩/

Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle English hurtelen, hurtlen (“to cast, hurl, throw; to charge at; to clash in combat, fight; to collide; to injure; to knock down; to propel, push, thrust; to rush; to stumble”) [and other forms], from hurten (“to injure, wound, hurt (physically or figuratively); to damage, impair; to hurt one’s feelings, humiliate; to receive an injury; to collide into; to propel, push, thrust; to stumble”) (see further at English hurt (verb)) + -el-, -elen (frequentative suffix). The English word is analysable as hurt (“(obsolete) to knock; to strike”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
The noun is derived from the verb.