lurch
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Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
lurch (plural lurches)
- 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 [edit]
sudden or unsteady movement
Verb [edit]
lurch (third-person singular simple present lurches, present participle lurching, simple past and past participle lurched)
- To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
Translations [edit]
to make a sudden, unsteady movement
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