hurls

Pitches with power

Hurls is the third-person singular of hurl, meaning to throw something with great force: She hurls the ball across the field.

The word often carries a sense of violence or aggression—you hurl insults, accusations, or abuse at someone.

To hurl can also mean to vomit: He hurled after drinking too much.

throwing

flings

Throws or brief affairs

heaves · lobs · slings · catapults · chucks · casts · propels · releases · winds up · fastball

vomiting

retches

Convulses without vomiting

  • gagsJokes or silencing devices
  • spewsEjects forcefully
  • barfsEjects stomach contents

upchucks · regurgitates · heaves · pukes · throws up · dry heaves · nausea · queasy · sick · bile

insults

shouts

Loud vocal outbursts

spits · epithets · slurs · abuse · invective · curses · obscenities · tirade · verbal attack · taunts

sport

puck

Hockey's rubber projectile

forward · free · penalty · crossbar · goal · pitch · helmet · clash · Ireland · county

Opposites
projectile motion direction

hurlscatches

Seizes in motion

receives · fields · snags · retrieves · grabs

force and violence of throwing

hurlsplaces

Areas or locations

sets down · lays · hands · eases · lowers

release vs. retention

hurlsholds

Keeps in possession

clutches · grips · grasps · clings to · retains

Phrases
Family

hurl, hurled, hurling, hurly-burly, hurler, hurlers

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G