lurch

1 an unsteady uneven gait [syn: stumble, stagger]

2 a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

3 abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" [syn: pitch, pitching]

4 the act of moving forward suddenly [syn: lunge]

1 walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, swag, careen]

2 move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" [syn: pitch, shift]

3 move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"

4 loiter about, with no apparent aim [syn: prowl]

5 defeat by a lurch [syn: skunk]

see Lurch

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tʃ

Noun

1. A sudden or unsteady movement.

Translations

Verb

1. Make such a movement; stagger.

A lurch is a staggering gait. Lurch can also refer to:

In fiction

• Lurch (The Addams Family), the Addams's butler
• Lurch McDuck, Scrooge McDuck's cousin
• Nickname of infamous drunkard who frequented the town of Ottery St. Mary, Devon in the 1970s

In computing

• LURCH, a software tool

In popular culture

• lurch (rally), a type mock demonstration
• Big Lurch, a rapper and convicted felon

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