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# hurling

«hurling» in Mova's school dictionary: **a fast Irish team sport played with a wooden stick (a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (hurling); verb, -ing form of "hurl" (hurl, hurls, hurled, hurling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hurling is a fast Irish team sport played with a wooden stick (a hurley) and a small ball (a sliotar). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#m1)

2) Hurling is throwing something hard and far, often angrily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#m2)

3) (informal) Hurling can mean being sick (vomiting). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In Ireland hurling is a famous Gaelic game played at schools and clubs; camogie is the version played by women and girls. In stories it shows strong or angry throwing: "hurling stones", "hurling insults". Phrases: hurling match, hurling team, hurling abuse.

### examples

- Hurling is one of the fastest field sports in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#x1)
- My cousin in Cork plays hurling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#x2)
- The hurling team has 15 players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#x3)
- He was hurling stones into the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#x4)
- The waves were hurling the boat around. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#x5)
- They stopped hurling insults and shook hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#x6)
- In hurling you can catch the ball with your hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#x7)
- After the ride he felt like hurling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#x8)
- SISYPHUS was a great tyrant who, according to some accounts, barbarously murdered all travellers who came into his dominions, by hurling upon them enormous pieces of rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/#x9)

### note

Verb hurl is regular: hurled. Hurling (the sport) is uncountable: "play hurling". A goal in hurling is worth 3 points; a point over the bar is worth 1, so 2 goals and 5 points = 11 points.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hurling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.