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

By nightfall, the protests turned violent, people hurling bricks and taking down the American flag in favor of the Confederate colors. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Ryan released the child, after which he was handcuffed and is accused of hurling insults at the responding police officer, according to the police report. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

After hurling six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over the Cardinals, Weathers expressed a willingness to pitch in relief. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

Video from outside the arena shows counterprotesters shouting through megaphones, hurling slurs and attempting to rip XX-XY shirts from the hands of Cunningham’s supporters. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

While brief, the gag points to the extreme side of identity politics, where hurling accusations against others for their online transgressions is all too common. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

That would entail hurling Starship on a longer-range trajectory, perhaps into low-Earth orbit, to bring the vehicle back to the launch site. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026

One morning later in camp, Burns staged a fight, resulting in defensive lineman Keith Millard hurling the mannequin off the roof of a building next to the practice fields. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Zeus and Poseidon are at it again—one hurling thunderbolts, the other whipping the sea into a frenzy. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026