hurtle

  1. Verb.  (intransitive) To move rapidly, violently, or without control.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive, archaic) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive, archaic) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive, archaic) To push; to jostle; to hurl.
  6. Noun.  A fast movement in literal or figurative sense.
  7. Noun.  A clattering sound.

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