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hurley

/ˈhɝli/

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What does hurley mean?

noun

  1. A stick used in the game of hurling.
  2. The game of hurling.

proper noun

  1. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó hUirthile or Ó Comáin.
More meanings (12)

proper noun

  1. An Irish surname, a variant of Herlihy.
  2. An English surname from Old English, a variant of Harley.
  3. A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8283).
  4. A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2495).
  5. An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama; named for early settler Edmund Hurley.
  6. A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
  7. A minor city in Stone County, Missouri.
  8. A town in Grant County, New Mexico.
  9. A town and census-designated place therein, in Ulster County, New York; likely named for the village in Berkshire.
  10. A minor city in Turner County, South Dakota; named for railroad engineer R. E. Hurley.
  11. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia; probably named for early settler Samuel Robert Hurley.
  12. A city, the county seat of Iron County, Wisconsin; named for attorney M. A. Hurley.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈhɝli/

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Indeed, he half hoped that if it came to that, he might escape in the hurley.
William MorrisThe Well at the World's End: A TaleProject Gutenberg ebook #169
A platform was rigged under the jib-boom in order that Hurley might secure some kinematograph pictures of the ship breaking through the ice.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199
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One day, when Webb and Hurley were both holding on to the cinematograph camera, they were blown away, with sundry damages all around.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
There is Basildon--and Hurley--and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher.
Charles KingsleyMadam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #1697