hur·dle (hûr dl)n. 1. Sports a. A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races. b. hurdles A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride. c. A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive. 2. An obstacle or difficulty to be overcome: the last hurdle before graduation. 3. Chiefly British A portable framework made of intertwined branches or wattle and used for temporary fencing. 4. Chiefly British A frame or sledge on which condemned persons were dragged to execution. v. hur·dled, hur·dling, hur·dles v.tr. 1. To leap over (a barrier) in or as if in a race. 2. To overcome or deal with successfully; surmount: hurdle a problem. v.intr. To leap over a barrier or other obstacle. [Middle English hurdel, portable panel for temporary fences, from Old English hyrdel.] hur dler n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  hurdling - a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdlestrack event - a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor) |
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