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Hurdles

noun

A footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles. Synonyms: hurdle race, hurdling.

Hurdle

noun

A light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races.

An obstacle that you are expected to overcome.

The act of jumping over an obstacle. Synonym: vault.

verb

(past & past part. hurdleed; pres. part. hurdleing)

Jump a hurdle.

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"Hurdles" Quotes from Famous Books

... That's what they all do; they come in here with their eyes blazing like a grate fire and their faces all lighted up as bright as an Italian cathedral. And they tell me they 've got the world by the tail. Then I take their specimens and I put 'em over the hurdles,—and half the time they go out wishing there was n't any such person in the world as an assayer. Boy," and he pursed his lips, "I 've buried more fortunes than you could shake a stick at. I 've seen men come in here millionaires ...

— The Cross-Cut • Courtney Ryley Cooper

... in proportion as the greater body of water dashed against the bridge, so much the closer were its parts held fastened together. These beams were bound together by timber laid over them in the direction of the length of the bridge, and were [then] covered over with laths and hurdles; and in addition to this, piles were driven into the water obliquely, at the lower side of the bridge, and these serving as buttresses, and being connected with every portion of the work, sustained the force of the stream: and there were others also above the bridge, at a moderate distance; ...

— "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries • Caius Julius Caesar

... trot along," I said lightly. "My turn at the hurdles will be coming soon. Come, Edith, let's go and have a look at Blue-grass. Good-by." And leisurely, although I longed to cast down my eyes and hasten quickly away from the staring faces, I strolled out of the box, followed by Edith; walked without haste along the aisle, even ...

— The Fifth Wheel - A Novel • Olive Higgins Prouty

... Without another word, she turned and walked off in the direction of the hurdles where her sheep were penned, Bates and Alce following her after one disconcerted look at each other. Fuller stood beside the wethers, his two shaggy dogs couched at his feet—he started when he suddenly saw ...

— Joanna Godden • Sheila Kaye-Smith

... paddock; and here they found Mr. Fosbrooke, and one or two of his friends, inspecting the leaping abilities of a fine hunter, which one of the stable-boys was taking backwards and forwards over the hurdles and fences erected for ...

— The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green • Cuthbert Bede

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