Associations to the word «Lurching»
Noun
Adjective
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Wiktionary
LURCH, noun. A sudden or unsteady movement.
LURCH, verb. To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
LURCH, verb. (obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
LURCH, noun. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
LURCH, noun. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch.
LURCH, verb. (obsolete) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
LURCH, verb. (obsolete) To steal; to rob.
Dictionary definition
LURCH, noun. An unsteady uneven gait.
LURCH, noun. A decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage).
LURCH, noun. Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting".
LURCH, noun. The act of moving forward suddenly.
LURCH, verb. Walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room".
LURCH, verb. Move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left".
LURCH, verb. Move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road".
LURCH, verb. Loiter about, with no apparent aim.
LURCH, verb. Defeat by a lurch.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.