Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "lurch" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

lurcher lurchingly lurchy

Context

card game ship

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

defeat defeat footle gait get the better of go hang around lallygag licking linger loaf locomote loiter lollygag lounge lurk mess about mill about mill around motility motion move move movement overcome tarry travel walk

Type Of (IsA)

defeat fictional character gait motion

Manner Of

get better of move travel

Related Terms

Lurch in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) leave someone in the lurch left in the lurch

Related Terms

counter cribbage devour dice double eat evade leave someone in lurch lurk movement rob score stoop sudden swallow tables unsteady

Synonym Network

prowl stagger

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.