hurdle

Plural: hurdles

Noun

• a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
• an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
  • "the last hurdle before graduation"
• the act of jumping over an obstacle
• An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
• An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
• 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 drawn to the place of execution.
• Misspelling of hurtle.

Verb

Verb Forms: hurdled, hurdling, hurdles

• To jump over an obstacle or difficulty.
• jump a hurdle
• To jump over something while running.
• 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.
• Misspelling of hurtle.

Examples

• He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.
• He ran in the 100 metres hurdles.
• She had to hurdle the challenge of a difficult letter combination to score a bingo.

Synonyms

vault

Anagrams of hurdle