Associations to the word «Hurtle»

Wiktionary

HURTLE, verb. (intransitive) To move rapidly, violently, or without control.
HURTLE, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
HURTLE, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
HURTLE, verb. (transitive) To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.
HURTLE, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To push; to jostle; to hurl.
HURTLE, noun. A fast movement in literal or figurative sense.
HURTLE, noun. A clattering sound.

Dictionary definition

HURTLE, verb. Move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by".
HURTLE, verb. Make a thrusting forward movement.
HURTLE, verb. Throw forcefully.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats