Definitions for lurch
Overview of noun lurch
The noun lurch has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) lurch, stumble, stagger
(an unsteady uneven gait)
2. lurch
(a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage))
3. lurch, pitch, pitching
(abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting")
4. lurch, lunge
(the act of moving forward suddenly)
Overview of verb lurch
The verb lurch has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen
(walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room")
2. (3) lurch, pitch, shift
(move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left")
3. (2) lurch
(move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road")
4. prowl, lurch
(loiter about, with no apparent aim)
5. lurch, skunk
(defeat by a lurch)
