Home › Words › H › hurlwindhurlwindhurlwind means whirlwind.EtymologyFrom hurl + wind.nounwhirlwindDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.awhirl 69% match — Whirling. vs hurlwind →hurling 66% match — The act by which something is hurled or thrown. vs hurlwind →dustwhirl 65% match — A whirl of dust. vs hurlwind →whirlstorm 64% match — A storm characterised by whirling winds, typically a cyclone, hurricane, tornado, or waterspout. vs hurlwind →whirlwindish 63% match — Resembling or characteristic of a whirlwind, especially in having a very rapid whirling motion. vs hurlwind →uphurl 63% match — To hurl or cast up. vs hurlwind →whirlwind 62% match — A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. vs hurlwind →hurly 60% match — noise; confusion; uproar vs hurlwind →