ALL meanings of lurch
lurch
L l - noun lurch An abrupt uncontrolled movement, esp. an unsteady tilt or roll. 1
- intransitive verb lurch move abruptly 1
- noun lurch abrupt movement 1
- intransitive verb lurch stagger 1
- noun lurch Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness. 1
- verb without object lurch British Dialect. to lurk near a place; prowl. 1
- idioms lurch leave in the lurch, to leave in an uncomfortable or desperate situation; desert in time of trouble: Our best salesperson left us in the lurch at the peak of the busy season. 1
- verb with object lurch Archaic. to do out of; defraud; cheat. 1
- verb with object lurch Obsolete. to acquire through underhanded means; steal; filch. 1
- verb lurch To lurch means to make a sudden movement, especially forwards, in an uncontrolled way. 0
- verb lurch Lurch is also a noun. 0
- verb lurch If you say that a person or organization lurches from one thing to another, you mean they move suddenly from one course of action or attitude to another in an uncontrolled way. 0
- verb lurch to lean or pitch suddenly to one side 0
- verb lurch to stagger or sway 0
- noun lurch the act or an instance of lurching 0
- noun lurch the state of a losing player with less than 30 points at the end of a game (esp in the phrase in the lurch) 0
- verb lurch to prowl or steal about suspiciously 0
- intransitive verb lurch to roll, pitch, or sway suddenly forward or to one side 0
- intransitive verb lurch to stagger 0
- noun lurch a lurching movement; sudden rolling, pitching, etc. 0
- intransitive verb lurch to remain furtively near a place; lurk 0
- verb transitive lurch to prevent (a person) from getting his fair share of something 0
- verb transitive lurch to get by cheating, robbing, tricking, etc. 0
- noun lurch the act of lurching 0
- noun lurch a situation in certain card games, in which the winner has more than double the score of the loser 0