Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hurl \Hurl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hurling}.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE.
   hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. [root]16.
   See {Hurtle}.]
   1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw
      with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a
      stone or lance.

            And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
                                                  --Pope.

   2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to
      hurl charges or invective. --Spenser.

   3. [Cf. {Whirl}.] To twist or turn. ``Hurled or crooked
      feet.'' [Obs.] --Fuller.

Hurl \Hurl\, v. i.
   1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]

   2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw
      something (at another).

            God shall hurl at him and not spare.  --Job xxvii.
                                                  22 (Rev. Ver.
                                                  ).

   3. To play the game of hurling. See {Hurling}.

Hurl \Hurl\, n.
   1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a
      fling. --Congreve.

   2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] --Knolles.

   3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed
      by beating with a bowspring.

Source : WordNet®

hurl
     n : a violent throw [syn: {cast}]
     v 1: throw forcefully [syn: {hurtle}, {cast}]
     2: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: {lunge}, {hurtle}, {thrust}]
     3: utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw
        accusations at someone" [syn: {throw}]