hurdle
Meaning of hurdle
noun
- An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
He ran in the 100 metres hurdles.
- A perceived obstacle.
- A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
- A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
- To jump over something while running.
He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.
- To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
- To overcome an obstacle.
- To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
Information about hurdle
- The plural form of hurdle is: hurdles.
- Languages in which hurdle is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of hurdle
hur-dle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- hurdle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
hurdle synonyms
Meaning vault:
Anagrams of hurdle
Words that rhyme with hurdle
Wardle, tardle, unfardle, begirdle, disengirdle, engirdle, girdle, overgirdle, undergirdle, ungirdle, Cordle, wordle, curdle, furdle, gurdle, nurdle
Are you looking more rhymes for hurdle? Try our rhymes search engine.