lurch

/lˈɝtʃ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. walk as if unable to control one's movements
   “The drunken man staggered into the room”
2. move abruptly
   “The ship suddenly lurched to the left”
3. move slowly and unsteadily
   “The truck lurched down the road”
4. loiter about, with no apparent aim
5. defeat by a lurch

noun

1. an unsteady uneven gait
2. a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
3. abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
   “the pitching and tossing was quite exciting”
4. the act of moving forward suddenly

Synonyms for lurch

• stagger
• reel
• keel
• swag
• careen
• pitch
• shift
• prowl
• skunk
• stumble
• pitching
• lunge

Words that rhyme with lurch

• perch
• search
• birch
• church
• research
• bertch
• bertsch
• bertsche
• burch
• burtch
• citysearch
• durch
• gertsch
• lerche
• upchurch
• whitchurch