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

The protest turned violent, with some hurling Molotov cocktails into the bank. — ABC News, 10 July 2026

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

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