hurdle Definition

hurdle
noun

1. athletics.horse-racing.
One of a series of portable frames, hedges or barriers to be jumped in a race.
2. An obstacle, problem or difficulty to be overcome.

Thesaurus: complication, difficulty, problem, snag, stumbling block.
3. A race with hurdles.

Example: She won the 200m hurdles
Form: hurdles
4. A light frame with bars or wire across it, used as a temporary fence.
5. historical
A basic sledge on which criminals were dragged to their execution.

verb hurdled, hurdling

tr & intr
1. To jump over (a hurdle in a race, an obstacle, etc).

Thesaurus: vault, leap over, clear, jump over, scale, overcome, surmount.
2. To enclose with hurdles.

Derivative: hurdler

A person or horse that runs hurdle races.

Someone who makes hurdles.

Derivative: hurdling
noun

Racing over hurdles.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hyrdel.