hurdles

Meanings

Noun

• a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles
• a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
• an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
• the act of jumping over an obstacle
• plural of hurdle
• A sport where athletes or animals run along a track obstructed by regularly placed hurdles that must be leapt over.

Verb

• jump a hurdle
• third-person singular simple present indicative of hurdle

Synonyms

hurdle, hurdle race, hurdling, vault