hurtle

1. (transitive, archaic)Examples: "He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile."; "Soone as thoſe glitterand armes he did eſpye, / That vvith their brightneſſe made that darknes light, / His harmefull club he gan to hurtle hye, / And threaten batteill to the Faery knight; […]"; "Such a curse on my head, in a manifest dread, / From the hand of your Zeus has been hurtled along!"Synonyms: bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feckarchaicliterarypoetictransitive

2. (transitive, archaic)Examples: "Only in solitude could that strong man give way to his emotions; and at first they rushed forth so confused and stormy, so hurtling one the other, that hours elapsed before he could serenely face the terrible crisis of his position."archaicliterarypoetictransitive

3. (transitive, archaic)archaicfigurativelyliterarypoetictransitive

4. (intransitive)Examples: "The car hurtled down the hill at 90 miles per hour."; "Pieces of broken glass hurtled through the air."; "His gorgeous ryder from her loftie ſted / VVould haue caſt dovvne, and trodd in durty myre, / Had not the Gyaunt ſoone her ſuccoured; / VVho all enrag'd vvith ſmart and frantick yre, / Came hurtling in full fiers, and forſt the knight retyre."Synonyms: hightail, move quickly, skedaddleintransitiveliterarypoetic

5. (intransitive)Examples: "Yet could not all that force and furie ſhake / The valiant champions, nor their perſons vvound, / Together hurtled both their ſteedes, and brake / Each others necke, the riders lay on ground: / But they (great maſters of vvars dreadfull art) / Pluckt forth their ſvvords and ſoone from earth vp ſtart."archaicintransitiveliterarypoetic

6. (intransitive)Examples: "The noiſe of Battell hurtled in the Ayre: / Horſſes do neigh, and dying men did grone, / And Ghoſts did ſhrieke and ſqueale about the ſtreets."; "Now the Storm begins to lovver, / (Haſte, the loom of Hell prepare,) / Iron-ſleet of arrovvy ſhovver / Hurtles in the darken'd air."; "[T]he infantry / Deliberately with slow and steady step / Advanced; the bow-strings twang'd, and arrows hiss'd, / And javelins hurtled by."archaicintransitiveliterarypoetic