Hurdling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles wordnet
  3. 3
    hurdles collectively; frames of twigs, etc. for enclosing land countable, uncountable

    "It is not unusual to find the little school of a Jamaican village nothing more than a hut of wattled hurdlings, covered on the sides with mud or clay, rooted with palm leaves or grass."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hurdle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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bingocheckerschessgamehurdle racehurdles

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"Hurdling the wall will make him stronger."

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track and field

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