01 v. i. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
imp. & p. p.
Hurtled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurtling
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1.
To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.“Together hurtled both their steeds.” — Fairfax.
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2.
To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.“Now hurtling round, advantage for to take.” — Spenser.“Down the hurtling cataract of the ages.” — R. L. Stevenson.
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To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.“The noise of battle hurtled in the air.” — Shak.“The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground.” — Mrs. Browning.