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Synonyms for lurch
lɜrtʃlurch
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Princeton's WordNet
lurch, stumble, staggernoun
an unsteady uneven gait
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stagger, misstep, stumble, lunge, pitch, trip-up, trip, pitchinglurchnoun
a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
lurch, pitch, pitchingnoun
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
"the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
Synonyms:
stagger, tar, pitch shot, lunge, stumble, delivery, pitch, slant, pitching, auction pitch, sales pitch, sales talk, rakelurch, lungeverb
the act of moving forward suddenly
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stagger, stumble, lunge, pitch, pitching, passado, straight thruststagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careenverb
walk as if unable to control one's movements
"The drunken man staggered into the room"
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stagger, pitch, spin around, keel, careen, gyrate, spin, droop, swag, tilt, shift, skunk, wobble, whirl, distribute, flag, prowl, sag, flounder, reellurch, pitch, shiftverb
move abruptly
"The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
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cant, gear, transfer, huckster, set up, cant over, flip, tilt, agitate, deliver, peddle, hawk, stir, change, prowl, switch, reel, reposition, sky, keel, swag, budge, pitch, toss, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, incline, monger, slope, skunk, vend, stagger, slantlurchverb
move slowly and unsteadily
"The truck lurched down the road"
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stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunkprowl, lurchverb
loiter about, with no apparent aim
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stagger, reel, pitch, prowl, swag, careen, keel, shift, skunklurch, skunkverb
defeat by a lurch
Synonyms:
stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunk
Editors Contribution
crowelladverb
to linger heavily in a dark manner
the tall butler would crowell about the mansion
Submitted by jrander9343 on July 9, 2023flailing
because it is a sudden movement.
the boy was flailing on the ice.
Submitted by rinat on November 4, 2015
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lurchnoun
Synonyms:
(Naut.) sudden rolllurchverb
Synonyms:
(Naut.) roll suddenly
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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List of paraphrases for "lurch":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#347 | change | |
#673 | delivery | |
#1337 | transfer | |
#1706 | trip | |
#1810 | switch | |
#1842 | gear | |
#2413 | flag | |
#2872 | sky | |
#3338 | deliver | |
#3711 | shift | |
#5184 | spin | |
#6268 | pitch | |
#6874 | distribute | |
#7071 | cant | |
#7356 | flip | |
#8169 | tar | |
#8268 | reel | |
#8418 | hawk | |
#8479 | slope | |
#10154 | tilt | |
#10284 | stir | |
#14874 | toss | |
#15094 | pitching | |
#19657 | rake | |
#22421 | slant | |
#23396 | sag | |
#24734 | stumble | |
#25974 | keel | |
#27265 | skunk | |
#27916 | incline | |
#33390 | swag | |
#34730 | whirl | |
#35903 | flounder | |
#43135 | wobble | |
#43726 | budge | |
#45056 | porridge | |
#49121 | prowl | |
#50135 | reposition | |
#60015 | stagger | |
#66209 | lurch | |
#67307 | lunge | |
#69485 | vend | |
#70257 | peddle | |
#71860 | monger | |
#77197 | droop | |
#77208 | dislodge | |
#86407 | agitate | |
#107554 | misstep | |
#148537 | huckster | |
#175930 | careen | |
#180909 | passado | |
#229458 | gyrate |
How to use lurch in a sentence?
Yesterday was the official separation date for thousands of Twitter employees, and after months of chaos and uncertainty created by Elon Musk, these workers remain in the lurch.
This was always a very busy clinic. So we realize the numbers of women who are going to be left in the lurch and will have to travel out of state, or continue a pregnancy, or do something themselves. It's the latter that worries you more than anything else. Because there's definitely desperation.
A fair weather friend always leave you in a lurch.
New York City Bike Share's management of Citi Bike left too many New Yorkers in the lurch, while Citi Bike has become part of our urban landscape, auditors found that the bike sharing program's spotty maintenance, poorly-cleaned bikes and substandard docking stations inconvenienced riders and discouraged growth in the system.
Tesla's biggest issue is poor communication. They continue to lurch from announcement to announcement with lot of uncertainty.
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