Hurler

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Agent noun of hurl; someone who hurls or throws. agent, form-of
  2. 2
    (baseball) the person who does the pitching wordnet
  3. 3
    The pitcher. slang
  4. 4
    Someone who participates in the sport of hurling.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Synonyms

All synonyms
pitcherpitchertwirler

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hurl + -er.

Etymology 2

From German Hurler.

Related phrases

Hurler syndromeHurler-Scheie syndromehurler on the ditchagent noun

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