• Noun

    a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
    hurdles, ( used with a singular verb ) a race in which contestants must leap over a number of such barriers placed at specific intervals around the track. Compare high hurdles , low hurdles .
    any of various vertical barriers, as a hedge, low wall, or section of fence, over which horses must jump in certain types of turf races, as a steeplechase, but esp. an artificial barrier.
    a difficult problem to be overcome; obstacle.
    Chiefly British . a movable rectangular frame of interlaced twigs, crossed bars, or the like, as for a temporary fence.
    a frame or sled on which criminals, esp. traitors, were formerly drawn to the place of execution.

    Verb (used with object)

    to leap over (a hurdle, barrier, fence, etc.), as in a race.
    to master (a difficulty, problem, etc.); overcome.
    to construct with hurdles; enclose with hurdles.

    Verb (used without object)

    to leap over a hurdle or other barrier.

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