hurtle

v., -tled, -tling, -tles.

v.intr.
To move with or as if with great speed and a rushing noise: an express train that hurtled past.

v.tr.
To fling with great force; hurl.

[Middle English hurtlen, to collide, frequentative of hurten, to knock against, damage. See hurt.]

verb

1. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, shoot, shy², sling, throw, toss. Informal fire. See move/halt.
2. To launch with great force: fire, loose, project, propel, shoot. Idioms: let fly. See move/halt.

v

Definition: plunge
Antonyms: go slowly

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IN BRIEF: To move suddenly or violently. Also: To hurl or fling.

The spacecraft will hurtle through space at a remarkable speed.

Tutor's tip: Did the horse "hurtle" (to move quickly or to speed violently) over the huge "hurdle" (a barrier over which a runner or horse must leap)?

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - rasle, slynge, famle, brage
v. tr. - rasle med, slynge med

Nederlands (Dutch)
smijten, kletteren, botsen, denderen

Français (French)
v. intr. - dévaler, foncer
v. tr. - dévaler

Deutsch (German)
v. - sausen, schleudern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ρίχνω/-ομαι, μουντάρω, χιμάω, εφορμώ, εκσφενδονίζω/-ομαι, εξακοντίζω

Italiano (Italian)
scagliare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - precipitar-se, mover com grande estrondo

Русский (Russian)
столкновение, мчаться, с силой бросать, сталкиваться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - arrojar violentamente, moverse a gran velocidad
v. tr. - arrojar violentamente, conducir violentamente

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - slunga, stöta, störta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
猛冲, 猛烈碰撞, 飞驰, 猛撞, 猛投

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 猛衝, 猛烈碰撞, 飛馳
v. tr. - 猛撞, 猛投

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 충돌하다, 휙 소리 내며 가다, 맞부딪쳐 소리를 내다
v. tr. - 충돌하다, 내던지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 音をたてて行く, 衝突する, ぶつける, ピュッとほうる
n. - ほうること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يندفع بعنف أو سرعه, يسوق أو يقذف بعنف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נע בעוצמה, התנגש ב-, התעופף‬
v. tr. - ‮טלטל, זרק‬

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