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lurch
1[ lurch ]
noun
- an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
- an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.
- a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.
verb (used without object)
- to make a lurch; move with lurches; stagger:
The wounded man lurched across the room.
Synonyms: , ,
- (of a ship) to roll or pitch suddenly.
lurch
2[ lurch ]
noun
- a situation at the close of various games in which the loser scores nothing or is far behind the opponent.
lurch
3[ lurch ]
verb (used without object)
- British Dialect. to lurk near a place; prowl.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to do out of; defraud; cheat.
- Obsolete. to acquire through underhanded means; steal; filch.
noun
- Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
lurch
1/ ɜːʃ /
verb
- to lean or pitch suddenly to one side
- to stagger or sway
noun
- the act or an instance of lurching
lurch
2/ ɜːʃ /
noun
- leave someone in the lurchto desert someone in trouble
- cribbage the state of a losing player with less than 30 points at the end of a game (esp in the phrase in the lurch )
lurch
3/ ɜːʃ /
verb
- archaic.intr to prowl or steal about suspiciously
Derived Forms
- ˈܰԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ܰiԲ· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of lurch1
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Idioms and Phrases
- leave in the lurch, to leave in an uncomfortable or desperate situation; desert in time of trouble:
Our best salesperson left us in the lurch at the peak of the busy season.
More idioms and phrases containing lurch
see leave in the lurch .Example Sentences
After being endorsed by the party, Yoon's politics lurched rapidly to the right.
When the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck, the bottom of the building sank into the ground, its top lurching at an angle over the street, looking like it could tip over at any minute.
But the past few years have seen Birmingham lurch from crisis to crisis, and its long-documented financial woes are at the heart of this dispute.
Those in a mood to eat the rich might lurch for their knife drawer regardless of how plainspoken she is.
He did not have the stability above him - off the pitch the club lurched like a boat on choppy waters.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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