资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hurling \Hurl"ing\, n.
   1. The act of throwing with force.

   2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played.

            Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the
            ball.                                 --Carew.

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

hurling
     adj : rushing and whirling; "the hurling water"
     n : a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two
         teams of 15 players each