lurch

See also Lurch

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tʃ

Noun

lurch (plural lurches)

1. A sudden or unsteady movement.

   the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard

   • 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.

Translations

sudden or unsteady movement

• French: embardée (fr)
• German: Ruck (de) m (sudden), Schlingern (de) n (unsteady)
• Italian: barcollio (it), sbilanciamento (it)

• Russian: рывок (ru) (ryvok)
• Spanish: bandazo (es) m

Verb

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

1. To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

Translations

to make a sudden, unsteady movement

• French: faire une embardée (fr)
• Italian: barcollare (it)
• Russian: пошатываться (ru) (pošatyvatʹsja)

• Spanish: tambalearse (es)
• Turkish: sendelemek (tr)

See also

• leave someone in the lurch
• Lurch in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• churl