hurtle
verb
[ ˈhəːt(ə)l ]
• move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner.
• "a runaway car hurtled towards them"
Similar:
speed,
rush,
race,
chase,
bolt,
bowl,
dash,
career,
careen,
cannon,
sweep,
whizz,
buzz,
zoom,
flash,
blast,
charge,
shoot,
streak,
run,
gallop,
stampede,
hare,
fly,
wing,
scurry,
scud,
go like the wind,
belt,
pelt,
tear,
scoot,
tool,
zap,
zip,
whip,
burn rubber,
go like a bat out of hell,
bomb,
bucket,
shift,
go like the clappers,
clip,
boogie,
hightail,
barrel,
post,
hie,
Opposite:
go slowly,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘strike against, collide with’): frequentative of hurt.
