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hurl

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hurl

1 to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth

that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl

Synonyms of hurl

barf, gag, heave, puke, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, upchuck, vomit

Words Related to hurl

disgorge, regurgitate

Phrases Synonymous with hurl

lose one's lunch [slang], toss one's cookies

2 to proceed or move quickly

a fighter jet hurled through the sky

Synonyms of hurl

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Words Related to hurl

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

Phrases Synonymous with hurl

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it

Near Antonyms of hurl

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

Antonyms of hurl

crawl, creep, poke

3 to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

hurled snowballs at each other

Synonyms of hurl

cast, catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurtle, launch, lob, loft, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss

Words Related to hurl

bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot

buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust

Phrases Synonymous with hurl

Synonym Discussion of hurl

throw, cast, toss, fling, hurl, pitch, sling mean to cause to move swiftly through space by a propulsive movement or a propelling force. throw is general and interchangeable with the other terms but may specifically imply a distinctive motion with bent arm.

- can throw a fastball and a curve

cast usually implies lightness in the thing thrown and sometimes a scattering.

- cast it to the winds

toss suggests a light or careless or aimless throwing and may imply an upward motion.

- tossed the coat on the bed

fling stresses a violent throwing.

- flung the ring back in his face

hurl implies power as in throwing a massive weight.

- hurled himself at the intruder

pitch suggests throwing carefully at a target.

- pitch horseshoes

sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim.

- slung the bag over his shoulder

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