Definition: hurl

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

hurl
     n : a violent throw [syn: cast]
     v 1: throw forcefully [syn: hurtle, cast]
     2: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurtle, thrust]
     3: utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw
        accusations at someone" [syn: throw]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Hurl \Hurl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE.
   hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. [root]16.
   See Hurtle.]
   1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw
      with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a
      stone or lance.

            And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
                                                  --Pope.

   2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to
      hurl charges or invective. --Spenser.

   3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. ``Hurled or crooked
      feet.'' [Obs.] --Fuller.
Hurl \Hurl\, v. i.
   1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]

   2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw
      something (at another).

            God shall hurl at him and not spare.  --Job xxvii.
                                                  22 (Rev. Ver.
                                                  ).

   3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
Hurl \Hurl\, n.
   1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a
      fling. --Congreve.

   2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] --Knolles.

   3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed
      by beating with a bowspring.