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"Hurdle" Definition

noun

An obstacle or difficulty to be overcome: the last hurdle before graduation.
Chiefly British A frame or sledge on which condemned persons were dragged to execution.
Chiefly British A portable framework made of intertwined branches or wattle and used for temporary fencing.
Sports A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive.
Sports A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races.

verb-transitive

To leap over (a barrier) in or as if in a race.
To overcome or deal with successfully; surmount: hurdle a problem.

verb-intransitive

To leap over a barrier or other obstacle.

verb

To leap over especially while running (as in a sporting competition).

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