Lurch

/lɜːt͡ʃ/

Synonyms for "lurch" (251 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Noun(8 words)

lunge stagger careen careering clunk crisis difficulty flounces

abandon amble barge bend bent bias blunder bob bobblebowl alongbumble bundle capsize careen career clump cogglecome a croppercrook dangle

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desert disposition drag droop drop fallfall downfall flatfall headlongfall overfall prostratefalter flounce flounder fluctuate flutter foot

Adjective(1 words)

abrupt movement

Verb(5 words)

careen careened careening careens flopped

Strong matches (75)

footslog forsake founder gait gallopget a cropperhalt heave heel hippety-hop hitch hobble hobbyhorse hop inclination jilt jog jolt jump labor

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librate limp listlock steplug lumber lungemake heavy weathermincemincing stepsnutate oscillate pace paddle peg penchant pendulate piaffe piaffer pitchpitch and plungepitch and tossplod plunge pound prance predilection predisposition proclivity propensity rack rear reel

Verb(6 words)

hobbled keel lunged pitch prowl reel

Noun(16 words)

jerk jolt jolts jump lean list lumbers overbalance pitch pitching pivot plunge predicament pularapid motion shiftreeling

Related words (125)

Noun(14 words)

reels shambling skreak sloshing slouching slues stumble stumbles stumblingsudden stopping motiontilt tottering turn veer

resonate rock roll sashay saunter scend scuff scuffle scuttle seesaw seethe shake shamble sheer shuffle sidle single-foot skew skip slink

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slither slog slouch slowness slue snap snapper sprawlspread eaglespread-eagle stagger stalk stammer stamp step stomp straddle straggle stride strollstrolling gaitstruggle strut stumble stump swag swagger sway swerve swing swingingtake a falltake a floptake a headertake a pratfalltake a spillteeter tendencythrash abouttilt tilter tittup toddle toppletopple downtopple overtosstoss and tumbletoss and turntotter traipse tread trip trot trudge tumble turnturn turtletwist twitch vacillate veer vellicate velocity vibrate volutation waddle wag waggle walk wallop wallow wamble warp wave waver weave welter whirl wiggle wobble yank yaw

Verb(8 words)

shift skunk stagger staggered swag swayed teetered totters

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More general

36 entries

change defeat footle gaitget the better ofgohang aroundlallygag lean licking linger loaf locomote loiter lollygag

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More specific

14 entries

conflict debtdirectional pivotforward lurchfunding shortfalljerk listmarket setbackoperational crisispolicy shiftsideways lurchstagger tip war

Collocations

9 entries

abrupt lurcheconomic lurchlurch forwardlurch to the leftlurching motionpolitical lurchsudden lurchunsteady lurchviolent lurch

Inflections

3 entries

lurched lurches lurching

Derivations

3 entries

lurched lurches lurching

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He left me in the lurch.

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Mike left his brother in the lurch.

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Sami managed to lurch forward another six feet towards the door before he was tased by a security guard.

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Judit left us in the lurch.

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