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Synonyms
hur·dle (hûŕdl)

[Middle English hurdel, portable panel for temporary fences, from Old English hyrdel.]

noun 

  1. Sports
    1. A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races.
    2. hurdles. A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride.
    3. 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.

verb: -dled, -dling, -dles. 

transitive verb 

  1. To leap over (a barrier) in or as if in a race.
  2. To overcome or deal with successfully; surmount: hurdle a problem.

intransitive verb 

To leap over a barrier or other obstacle.

derivatives

huŕdler
noun