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hurley
/ˈhɝli/
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What does hurley mean?
noun
- A stick used in the game of hurling.
- The game of hurling.
proper noun
- A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó hUirthile or Ó Comáin.
More meanings (12)
proper noun
- An Irish surname, a variant of Herlihy.
- An English surname from Old English, a variant of Harley.
- A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8283).
- A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2495).
- An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama; named for early settler Edmund Hurley.
- A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
- A minor city in Stone County, Missouri.
- A town in Grant County, New Mexico.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Ulster County, New York; likely named for the village in Berkshire.
- A minor city in Turner County, South Dakota; named for railroad engineer R. E. Hurley.
- An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia; probably named for early settler Samuel Robert Hurley.
- 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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See this word in context.
Indeed, he half hoped that if it came to that, he might escape in the hurley.
A platform was rigged under the jib-boom in order that Hurley might secure some kinematograph pictures of the ship breaking through the ice.
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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.
There is Basildon--and Hurley--and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher.