lurch

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lurch (plural lurches)

  1. A sudden or unsteady movement.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
      Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to dislodge the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness.

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lurch (third-person singular simple present lurches, present participle lurching, simple past and past participle lurched)

  1. To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

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