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hurling

sustantivo C1

En español: lanzamiento, hurling

  1. The act by which something is hurled or thrown. (countable, uncountable)
  2. An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball. (countable, uncountable)

Plural hurlings

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And still from all the cross streets they were hurrying and rattling toward the converging point at full speed, and hurling themselves into the struggling mass, locking wheels and adding their drivers’ imprecations to the clamour.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 13 · C1
“See that you keep yourself out of my grip,” he snarled, and hurling the twisted poker into the fireplace he strode out of the room.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 51 · B2
This will be,” added Noirtier, with a smile, “one means by which you may a second time save me, if the political balance should some day take another turn, and cast you aloft while hurling me down.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 117 · C1

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