Hurtle

(hŭr'tl), v. i. [Diminutive of hurt.]

1Sense 1. To meet with violence or a shock; to clash; to jostle.

Together hurtled both their steeds, and brake Each other's neck. Fairfax.

2Sense 2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush forth suddenly or with violence; to skirmish.

Now cuffing close, now chasing to and fro, Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. Spencer.

3Sense 3. To make a clashing, terrifying, or threatening sound; to resound.

The noise of battle hurtled in the air. Shak.

The earthquake sound Hurtling 'neath the hollow ground. Browning.

v. t. 1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl about; to brandish. [Obs.] His harmful club he 'gan to hurtle high. Spenser. 2. To push forcibly; to hurl. And he him hurtleth with his horse adown. Chaucer.

n. A horse;—so called among the Highlanders in Scotland. [Written also hurtel.]