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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunge, charge |
| Synonyms: | bump, collide, fly, lunge, push, race, rush, rush headlong, scoot, scramble, shoot, speed, spurt, tear |
| Notes: | hurdle refers to a difficulty or obstacle; hurtle means to move with great speed or violence |
| Main Entry: | clatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make racket |
| Synonyms: | bang, bluster, bump, clang, clank, clash, hurtle, noise, rattle, roar, shatter, smash |
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust, bump, collapse, collide, crash-land, ditch, dive, drive into, drop, fall flat, fall headlong, fall prostrate, give way, go in, hurtle, lurch, meet, overbalance, overturn, pancake, pitch, plough into, plunge, prang, slip, smash, splash down, sprawl, topple, tumble, upset, washout |
Example Sentences
- Hurtle two stories toward the earth in a metal and plastic tube as others watch and, almost certainly, laugh.
- Another priority is making sure that the economy doesn't hurtle out of control.
- With ice-pick talons tucked under their chins, great grays hurtle headfirst into deep snow to snatch voles-diving with.
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
| Synonyms: | bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, move quickly, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz |
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break by hitting or throwing violently |
| Synonyms: | beat, bludgeon, cast, charge, crash, cudgel, destroy, fling, hit, hurl, hurtle, lunge, plunge, shatter, shiver, slam, sling, smash, splash, splatter, splinter, throw |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, help, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | hotfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
| Synonyms: | barrel, bolt, boogie, burn rubber, clip, dart, dash, fly, gallop, go like a bat out of hell, hightail it, hurtle, make haste, race, run, scoot, speed, sprint, streak, tear*, zip, zoom |
| Antonyms: | dawdle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move with lurch |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bump, dance, flick, fling, flip, flop, grab, hook, hurtle, jolt, lug, pluck, pull, quake, quiver, seize, shiver, shrug, sling, snag, snatch, throw, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate, whisk, wiggle, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, yank |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leap, spring |
| Synonyms: | bail out, barge, bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, clear, curvet, dive, drop, fall, gambol, hop, hurdle, hurtle, jerk, jiggle, jounce, lollop, lop, lunge, lurch, parachute, plummet, pop, quiver, rattle, ricochet, saltate, shake, skip, sky, somersault, surge, take, top, trip, vault, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | plunge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dive or fall fast |
| Synonyms: | belly-flop, career, cast, charge, dash, descend, dip, drive, drop, duck, fling, go down, go the limit, go whole hog, hurtle, immerge, immerse, jump, keel, lunge, lurch, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunk, propel, rush, shoot the works, sink, sound, submerge, submerse, swoop, take a flyer, take a header, tear, throw, throw oneself, thrust, topple, tumble |
| Antonyms: | ascend, increase, rise |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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