Lurching

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the action of the verb to lurch

    "The occasional plungings and lurchings of this traveling van, over the ruts and small boulders of the Steenweg, are apt to remind one of a roughish journey by sea […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of lurch form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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brokencapriciouscareeningcatchychoppydangling

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"His backache left him lurching along with leaden legs."

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