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Hurl vs Chunder - What's the difference?

hurl | chunder |

As verbs the difference between hurl and chunder

is that hurl is to throw (something) with force while chunder is (australia|new zealand|slang) to vomit or chunder can be (of a vehicle) to rumble loudly, to roar.

As nouns the difference between hurl and chunder

is that hurl is a throw, especially a violent throw; a fling while chunder is (australia|new zealand|slang) vomit.

hurl

English

Verb

  • To throw (something) with force.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author= , title=Wales 2-1 Montenegro , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.}}
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
    • I was standing on the edge of the conning-tower, when a heavy palm suddenly struck me between the shoulders and hurled me forward into space. The drop to the triangular deck forward of the conning-tower might easily have broken a leg for me, or I might have slipped off onto the deck and rolled overboard; but fate was upon my side, as I was only slightly bruised.
  • * 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
    • Tarzan on his part never lost an opportunity to show that he fully reciprocated his foster father's sentiments, and whenever he could safely annoy him or make faces at him or hurl insults upon him from the safety of his mother's arms, or the slender branches of the higher trees, he did so.
  • To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
    • The gangs hurled abuse at each other.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1984 , title=New International Version of the Bible , section=Mark 15:29-30 , passage=Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross and save yourself!"}}
  • To participate in the sport of hurling.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=August 3 , author=Donnchadh Boyle , title=Egan targets Rebel success to rescue poor season , work=Irish Independent citation , page= , passage=Their cause was helped after the senior footballers were unexpectedly dumped out of the running for the Sam Maguire, meaning Aidan Walsh is available to hurl full-time with the young Rebels -- Walsh scored 1-1 in the semi-final victory over reigning All-Ireland champions Tipperary.}}
  • (slang) To vomit.
    • Pass me the bucket; I've got to hurl .
  • (obsolete) To twist or turn.
  • * Hooker
    • hurled or crooked feet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
    • He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres.
    A hurl of abuse.
    (Congreve)
  • The act of vomiting.
  • (hurling) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
  • (Ulster) (car) ride
  • (obsolete) tumult; riot; hurly-burly
  • (obsolete) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.

    • chunder

    English

    Etymology 1

    Recorded from 1950. Probably from the cartoon character Chunder Loo of Akim Foo'', drawn by for a series of boot-polish advertisements in the early 1900s. Some sources hold that ''Chunder Loo was rhyming slang for spew, but the usage is not recorded.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Vomit.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=Nose Chunder (was Re: Grogan Epidemic at ERR) , group=alt.tasteless , author=Andrew Shore , date=April 24 , year=1996 , passage=I had puke streamers hanging from both nostrils; it wasn?t as watery as my chunder usually is (from drinking). citation
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) An act of vomiting.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=‘chunder’ , group=alt.usage.english , author=John Dean , date=September 9 , year=2001 , passage=I would guess it points up the difference between the involuntary chunder' where you cannot choose the time place or direction, and the self-induced ' chunder which facilitates further consumption of alcohol after your theoretical limit is reached. citation
    Synonyms
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To vomit.
  • * 2008 , Isabelle Young, Tony Gherardin, Central and South America , , page 70,
    • There are plenty of winding roads, diesel fumes, crowded public transport and various less than sweet odours to get you chundering when you?re on the move in this part of the world, so take a good supply of motion sickness remedies if you know you?re susceptible to this.
  • * 2009 , William Efford, Picaroon , page 313,
    • “You might have chundered ,” said Kate, laughing, “but at least you didn?t get any on yourself—sign of a true lady.”
  • * 2010 , Norman Jorgensen, Jack?s Island , page 3,
    • Pretty soon just about everyone onboard was leaning over the rail chundering like sick dogs.
    Synonyms
    * See

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps by confusion with (chunter)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a vehicle) To rumble loudly, to roar.
  • * 2005 , Robert Newman, The Fountain at the Centre of the World , page 114,
    • The truck chundered and rattled.
  • * 2007 , George Melnyk, Great Canadian Film Directors , page 215,
    • As their rented van chunders along the highway, John?s voiceover is heard, contemplating the compulsion that drives men to continue using juvenile punk monikers into their mid-thirties.
  • * 2008 , Jill Dickin Schinas, A Family Outing in the Atlantic , page 156,
    • He taxied his plane carefully to the end of the strip and then went further on, into the rough grass. Then, with full flap and maximum throttle, he came chundering along towards us.

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