hurling
Launching with power
Hurling is an Irish sport played with wooden sticks and a small ball, resembling a fast-paced combination of field hockey and lacrosse.
Teams score by hitting the ball into or over the goal.
The sport has ancient origins and remains central to Irish athletic culture: The hurling match drew thousands to Croke Park.
Separately, hurling is the present participle of hurl—to throw forcefully.
Irish sporting stick
- puckHockey's rubber projectile
- goalkeeperNet-defending player
- midfielderCentral pitch position
- forwardOnward in direction
defender · score · match · championship · tournament · league · playoffs · coach
North Atlantic island republic
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- ancientVery old indeed
- KilkennyIrish county and city
Tipperary · Cork · Galway · Clare · Waterford · Wexford · intercounty · All-Ireland
Frequency of sound
- turfGrass-covered earth surface
- grassNarrow-leaved ground cover
- sidelinesField boundary lines
- goalpostsScoring frame in football
midfield · endline · crossbar · net · square · terrace · stand · parallelogram
Unwell or impressively cool
Female adults collectively
- femaleOffspring-bearing sex
- All-IrelandCovering entire island
- intercountyBetween administrative districts
- clubsHeavy striking sticks
senior · junior · collegiate
hurley
Irish sporting stick
- puckHockey's rubber projectile
- goalkeeperNet-defending player
- midfielderCentral pitch position
forward · defender · score · match · championship · tournament · league · playoffs · coach · training
Ireland
North Atlantic island republic
Kilkenny · Tipperary · Cork · Galway · Clare · Waterford · Wexford · intercounty · All-Ireland · provinces
fling
Forceful toss, or tryst
propel · lob · chuck · cast · launch · catapult · pitch · sling · send · release
pitch
Frequency of sound
goalposts · midfield · endline · crossbar · net · square · terrace · stand · parallelogram
sick
Unwell or impressively cool
women
Female adults collectively
- femaleOffspring-bearing sex
- All-IrelandCovering entire island
- intercountyBetween administrative districts
clubs · senior · junior · collegiate
- team sportssoccer, football, basketball, baseball, hockey
- Irish cultureshamrock, shamrocks, leprechaun, leprechauns, Celtic cross
- British Sportsrugby, cricket, football, tennis, soccer
- Contact Sportsboxing, wrestling, judo, rugby, American football
- nauseaqueasiness, queasy feeling, queasy stomach, sick feeling, upset stomach
- stick sportsbaseball, cricket, golf, hockey, lacrosse