hurling

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act by which something is hurled or thrown.

   “In Mr. J. C. Hotten’s Life, and in Mr. A. W. Ward’s admirable monograph in the “English Men of Letters” Series, a paper of mine called “Pincher Astray” is attributed to Dickens.”

2. (countable, uncountable)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.
3. (countable, uncountable)A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of hurl