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Lurch

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Noun

1. lurch, stagger, stumble

an unsteady uneven gait

2. lurch

a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

3. lurch, pitch, pitching

abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

Example Sentences:
'the pitching and tossing was quite exciting'

4. lunge, lurch

the act of moving forward suddenly

Verb

5. careen, keel, lurch, reel, stagger, swag

walk as if unable to control one's movements

Example Sentences:
'The drunken man staggered into the room'

6. lurch, pitch, shift

move abruptly

Example Sentences:
'The ship suddenly lurched to the left'

7. lurch

move slowly and unsteadily

Example Sentences:
'The truck lurched down the road'

8. lurch, prowl

loiter about, with no apparent aim

9. lurch, skunk

defeat by a lurch

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lurch

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verb (intransitive)
1. 
to lean or pitch suddenly to one side
2. 
to stagger or sway
noun
3. 
the act or an instance of lurching
noun
1.  leave someone in the lurch
2. cribbage
the state of a losing player with less than 30 points at the end of a game (esp in the phrase in the lurch)
verb
(intransitive) archaic or dialect
to prowl or steal about suspiciously

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Lurch

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verb intransitive
1. 
to roll, pitch, or sway suddenly forward or to one side
2. 
to stagger
noun
3. 
a lurching movement; sudden rolling, pitching, etc.
verb intransitive
1.  Obsolete
to remain furtively near a place; lurk
verb transitive
2.  Archaic
to prevent (a person) from getting his fair share of something
3.  Obsolete
to get by cheating, robbing, tricking, etc.
noun
4.  Obsolete
the act of lurching
noun
Archaic
a situation in certain card games, in which the winner has more than double the score of the loser

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lurch

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intr.v. lurched, lurch·ing, lurch·es
1.
a. To make an abrupt sudden movement: The train lurched and moved away from the platform.
b. To move with abrupt movements; move haltingly or jerkily. See Synonyms at blunder.
2. To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically: The ship lurched in the storm. The car gave a start and then lurched forward.
n.
1. A staggering or tottering movement or gait.
2. An abrupt rolling or pitching.
n.
The losing position of a cribbage player who has not passed the halfway mark at the end of the game.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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