hurdler
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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. | hurdler - an athlete who runs the hurdles |
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Translations
مُشارِك في سِباق حواجِز
-kyněpřekážkový běžec
hækkeløber
gátfutógátversenyló
grindahlaupari
prekážkar
engelli yarışta koşan adam
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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hurdler
n (Sport) → Hürdenläufer(in) m(f)
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hurdle
(ˈhəːdl) noun1. a frame to be jumped in a race.
2. a problem or difficulty. There are several hurdles to be got over in this project.
verb to run in a race in which hurdles are used. He has hurdled since he was twelve.
ˈhurdler nounˈhurdling noun
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