He left me in the lurch.
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Lurch
//lɜːt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "lurch" (210 found)
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sashaysaunterscendscuffscufflescuttleseesawseetheshakeshamblesheershufflesidlesingle-footskewskipslinkslitherslogslouch
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slownesssluesnapsnappersprawlspread eaglespread-eaglestalkstammerstampstepstompstraddlestragglestridestrollstrolling gaitstrugglestrutstumblestumpswagswaggerswayswerveswingswingingtake a falltake a floptake a headertake a pratfalltake a spillteetertendencythrash abouttilttiltertittuptoddletoppletopple downtopple overtosstoss and tumbletoss and turntottertraipsetreadtriptrottrudgetumbleturnturn turtletwisttwitchvacillateveervellicatevelocityvibratevolutationwaddlewagwagglewalkwallopwallowwamblewarpwavewaverweavewelterwhirlwigglewobbleyankyaw
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3 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
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Translations
43 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- клатушкане noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- клатушкам се verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
- накланям се verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 踉跄 noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
Czech
4 entries- cuknutí noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- výkyv noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- zakymácení se noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- zavrávorání noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
Dutch
2 entries- hobbelen noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- slingeren noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
Finnish
1 entries- horjua verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
French
4 entries- embardée noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- chanceler verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
- faire une embardée verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
- tituber verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
German
4 entries- Ruck noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- Schlingern noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- ruckeln verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
- schlingern verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
Irish
1 entries- suaitheadh noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
Italian
4 entries- barcollio noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- imbardata noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- sbilanciamento noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- barcollare verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
Māori
1 entries- tūpou verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
Russian
3 entries- рыво́к noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- поша́тываться verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
- пошатну́ться verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
Spanish
2 entries- bandazo noun (sudden or unsteady movement)
- tambalearse verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
Swedish
2 entries- kränga verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
- vingla verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
Turkish
1 entries- sendelemek verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
Ukrainian
3 entries- похи́туватися verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
- похитну́тися verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
- хита́тися verb (to make a sudden, unsteady movement)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Mike left his brother in the lurch.
Source: tatoeba (4589380)
Sami managed to lurch forward another six feet towards the door before he was tased by a security guard.
Source: tatoeba (6539747)
Judit left us in the lurch.
Source: tatoeba (6865490)
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