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- [lurch]
- /lɜrtʃ/
- /lɜːtʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lurch]
- /lɜrtʃ/
Definitions of lurched word
- noun lurched Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness. 1
- verb without object lurched British Dialect. to lurk near a place; prowl. 1
- verb with object lurched Archaic. to do out of; defraud; cheat. 1
- noun lurched Make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger. 1
- verb with object lurched Obsolete. to acquire through underhanded means; steal; filch. 0
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Origin of lurched
First appearance:
before 1760 One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1760-70; origin uncertain
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Parts of speech for Lurched
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lurched popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lurched
verb lurched
- staggered — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- rocked — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
- listed — made of selvages or strips of cloth.
- reeled — an act of reeling; a reeling or staggering movement.
- rolled — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
noun lurched
- motioned — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
Antonyms for lurched
verb lurched
- stayed — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- corrected — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.
- met — simple past tense and past participle of meet1 .
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