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hurl - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | hurl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw forcefully |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, chunk, fire, fling, gun, heave, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, propel, send, sling, toss, bung, let fly |
| Main Entry: | bowl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roll a ball down a lane |
| Synonyms: | fling, hurl, pitch, revolve, rotate, spin, throw, whirl, play duckpins, play tenpins, trundle |
| Main Entry: | chuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside, throw away, throw out |
| Synonyms: | abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | erupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give forth, eject with force |
| Synonyms: | appear, belch, blow up, boil, break out, burst, detonate, discharge, emit, explode, go off*, gush, hurl, jet, rupture, spew, spit, spout, spurt, throw off*, vent, vomit, cast out, eruct, extravasate, flare up*, pour forth, touch off* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fling |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw with abandon |
| Synonyms: | cast, catapult, chuck*, dump, fire, heave, hurl, jerk, launch, lob, peg*, pitch, precipitate, propel, send, shy*, sling, toss, let fly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jettison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject; throw overboard |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, cashier*, cast, cast off, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, throw away, unload*, deep-six, slough |
| Antonyms: | take in, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toss |
| Synonyms: | chuck, flip, hurl, launch, loft, pitch, project, propel |
| Main Entry: | pelt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; throw hard |
| Synonyms: | assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, pound, pour, pummel, rain, rush, shoot, shower, sling, speed, stone, strike, swat, tear, thrash, wallop, lapidate, pepper |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | precipitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bring on, cast, discharge, dispatch, expedite, fling, further, hasten, hurl, launch, press, quicken, throw, trigger, let fly, push forward, send forth, speed up |
| Antonyms: | check, slow, wait |
| Main Entry: | puke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | barf, be sick, bring up, chunder, cough up, do the technicolor yawn, gag, get sick, heave, hurl*, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regurgitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | be seasick, be sick, boff, drive the bus, dry heave, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, lose one's lunch, pray to the porcelain god, puke*, ralph, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, urp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sling |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or hang over |
| Synonyms: | cast, catapult, chuck, dangle, fire, fling, heave, hoist, hurl, launch, lob, peg, pitch, raise, send, shoot, suspend, swing, toss, weight, bung |
| Main Entry: | vomit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgorge |
| Synonyms: | bring up*, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, puke*, regurgitate, ruminate, spew, throw up, be seasick, be sick, dry heave, retch, spit up, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a throw to the side |
| Synonyms: | ejection, expulsion, fling, heave, hurl, lob, pitch, projection, propulsion, shooting, sling, thrust, toss, casting, flinging, heaving, hurling, launching, lobbing, pitching, slinging, thrusting, tossing |
| Antonyms: | catch, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside |
| Synonyms: | boot, chuck*, drive, drop, fire*, fling, heave, hurl, impel, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, shed, shy, sling, thrust, toss, bung |
| Antonyms: | catch, gather |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move or urge on |
| Synonyms: | actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze*, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on*, encourage, force, goad, harass, hasten, herd, hound*, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, railroad*, ride herd on*, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spur, stimulate, worry, act upon, goose*, lean on, put up to, spirit up, steamroll, work on |
| Antonyms: | check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | casual throw |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, heave, hurl, lob, peg, pitch, shot, toss, firing, launching, slinging |
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift, throw with effort |
| Synonyms: | boost, cast, chuck, drag, elevate, fling, haul, hoist, hurl, launch, pitch, pull, raise, send, sling, toss, tug, heft |
| Main Entry: | launch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send off |
| Synonyms: | barrage, bombard, cast, catapult, discharge, dispatch, drive, eject, fire, fling, heave, hurl, lance, pitch, project, propel, shoot, sling, throw, toss, bung, send forth, set afloat, set in motion |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | send |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transmit, transfer through a system |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, address, advance, assign, broadcast, cast, circulate, commission, commit, communicate, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, detail, direct, dispatch, drop, emit, expedite, express, fire, fling, forward, freight, give off, grant, hasten, hurl, impart, issue, mail, post, propel, put out, radiate, relay, remit, route, ship, shoot, televise, troll, wire, get under way, hurry off, let fly, rush off |
| Antonyms: | receive |
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