What part of speech is hurdling?

Hurdling can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

1. hurdling is a verb, gerund of hurdle (infinitive).
2. hurdling is a noun, singular of hurdlings.

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) hurdle

hurdle / hurdles

hurdled

hurdled

hurdling

Infinitive: (to) hurdle
Present: hurdle / hurdles
Simple Past: hurdled
Past Participle: (have) hurdled
Gerund: hurdling

Noun

Singular

Plural
hurdling

hurdlings

Singular: hurdling
Plural: hurdlings

What does hurdling mean?

Definitions

Verb
hurdle - jump a hurdle
Noun
hurdling - a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles

Examples of hurdling

#		Sentence
1.	verb	Hurdling the wall will make him stronger.
2.	noun	The last hurdle before graduation.
3.	noun	He'll be drawn on a hurdle to be half hanged, and then he'll be taken down and sliced before his own face, and then his inside will be taken out and burnt while he looks on, and then his head will be chopped off, and he'll be cut into quarters. That's the sentence.
4.	noun	The biggest hurdle for pupils writing the exam was question fourteen.
5.	noun	The hurdler didn't clear the final hurdle.
6.	noun	He'll be drawn on a hurdle to be half hanged, and then he'll be taken down and sliced before his own face, and then his inside will be taken out and burnt while he looks on, and then his head will be chopped off, and he'll be cut into quarters. That's the sentence.
7.	noun	The biggest hurdle for pupils writing the exam was question fourteen.
8.	noun	The hurdler didn't clear the final hurdle.

Sentence
verb
Hurdling the wall will make him stronger.
noun
The last hurdle before graduation.
He'll be drawn on a hurdle to be half hanged, and then he'll be taken down and sliced before his own face, and then his inside will be taken out and burnt while he looks on, and then his head will be chopped off, and he'll be cut into quarters. That's the sentence.
The biggest hurdle for pupils writing the exam was question fourteen.
The hurdler didn't clear the final hurdle.
He'll be drawn on a hurdle to be half hanged, and then he'll be taken down and sliced before his own face, and then his inside will be taken out and burnt while he looks on, and then his head will be chopped off, and he'll be cut into quarters. That's the sentence.
The biggest hurdle for pupils writing the exam was question fourteen.
The hurdler didn't clear the final hurdle.

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