Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/July 9

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Word of the day
for July 9
hurtle v (chiefly literary, poetic)
  1. (transitive, archaic)
    1. To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
    2. To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
    3. (figuratively) To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in writing.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
    2. (archaic)
      1. Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash.
      2. To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.
      3. (figuratively) Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.

hurtle n (chiefly literary, poetic)

  1. (countable) An act of colliding with or hitting; a collision.
  2. (countable, also figuratively) A rapid or uncontrolled movement; a dash, a rush.
  3. (countable) A sound of clashing or colliding; a clattering, a rattling.
  4. (uncountable, figuratively) (Violent) disagreement; conflict.
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