Synonyms of hurling

hurling

verb

present participle of hurl

1

as in vomiting

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vomiting
• heaving
• ejecting
• spewing
• puking
• retching
• barfing
• gagging
• throwing up
• upchucking
• spitting up
• disgorging
• regurgitating
• losing one's lunch
• tossing one's cookies
• expelling
• nauseating

2

as in flying

to proceed or move quickly

a fighter jet hurled through the sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flying
• racing
• scurrying
• rushing
• traveling
• speeding
• hurrying
• driving
• trotting
• zipping
• chasing
• jumping
• running
• buzzing
• blowing
• blasting
• darting
• scooting
• stepping
• ripping
• scuttling
• dashing
• tearing
• ramming
• whirling
• hurtling
• pelting
• bowling
• blazing
• zooming
• shooting
• bolting
• careening
• barreling
• careering
• hustling
• jogging
• coursing
• rocketing
• humping
• rustling
• haring
• belting
• motoring
• bundling
• whisking
• breezing
• hastening
• nipping
• cracking (on)
• bustling
• cannonballing
• jetting
• bombing
• galloping
• hying
• beating it
• highballing
• whizzing
• scampering
• scudding
• flitting
• stepping on it
• getting a move on
• scuffling
• sprinting
• making tracks
• streaking
• shaking a leg
• hotfooting (it)
• stampeding
• accelerating
• outrunning
• overtaking
• beetling
• outstripping
• outpacing
• stepping out
• quickening
• catching up
• arrowing
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawling
• poking
• dragging
• creeping
• lingering
• poking
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• shuffling
• dawdling
• loitering
• strolling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• lumbering
• plodding
• decelerating
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying

3

as in throwing

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

hurled snowballs at each other

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throwing
• tossing
• flinging
• slinging
• firing
• launching
• hurtling
• pelting
• heaving
• chucking
• lobbing
• bowling
• casting
• catapulting
• pitching
• pegging
• dashing
• darting
• lofting
• flipping
• rolling
• gunning
• letting fly
• thrusting
• propelling
• ejecting
• precipitating
• projecting
• passing
• shooting
• hooking
• bucking
• impelling
• rifling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hurling

English soccer fans have earned a reputation for violent hooliganism, hurling plastic chairs and brawling their way across the piazzas and boulevards of Europe. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 3 July 2026

One of his favourites was dal paran — a traditional folk competition which involves hurling stones off the side of a mountain. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 27 June 2026

At its core, the hearing involved two former business partners hurling major accusations against one another. — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Jets and winds from black holes are textbook physics, and scientists have observed many supermassive black holes hurling them into space. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 16 June 2026

In 2017, Spanish police said a 6-year-old girl died and six other children were injured when an inflatable bouncy castle came free from its stakes and flew into the air in Caldes de Malavella, in northeastern Spain, hurling the children to the ground. — ABC News, 3 June 2026

Seemingly out of nowhere, people on the sidewalk joined her and started hurling objects at her. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026

While hurling an insult at a football player, Pearl's improvisation took a sweet turn. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026

Wallen's onstage throwing of the piano this week took place two years after he was arrested in Nashville for hurling a chair off the roof of a bar in Nashville in April 2024. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026