1 each of a series of upright frames that a person or horse jumps over in a race:
His horse fell at the final hurdle. * to clear a hurdle (= jump over it successfully)
2 (hurdles) [pl.] a race in which runners or horses have to jump over hurdles:
the 300 m hurdles
3 a problem or difficulty that must be solved or dealt with before you can achieve sth:
The next hurdle will be getting her parents' agreement. * Well we've cleared the first hurdle; let's see what happens next. * We worked hard for three months on the deal only to see it fall at the final hurdle.
Part of speech: verb
1 ~ (over) sth to jump over sth while you are running:
[VN] He hurdled two barriers to avoid reporters. * [V] to hurdle over a fence
2 [V] to run in a hurdles race
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for hurdle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hurdle a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hurdle is tagged as noun.
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