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Synonyms for lurch
lɜrtʃlurch

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Princeton's WordNet2.6 / 5 votes

  1. lurch, stumble, staggernoun

    an unsteady uneven gait

    Synonyms:
    stagger, misstep, stumble, lunge, pitch, trip-up, trip, pitching

  2. lurchnoun

    a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

    Synonyms:
    lunge, pitch, stumble, stagger, pitching

  3. 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, rake

  4. lurch, lungeverb

    the act of moving forward suddenly

    Synonyms:
    stagger, stumble, lunge, pitch, pitching, passado, straight thrust

  5. stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careenverb

    walk as if unable to control one's movements

    "The drunken man staggered into the room"

    Synonyms:
    stagger, pitch, spin around, keel, careen, gyrate, spin, droop, swag, tilt, shift, skunk, wobble, whirl, distribute, flag, prowl, sag, flounder, reel

  6. lurch, pitch, shiftverb

    move abruptly

    "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

    Synonyms:
    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, slant

  7. lurchverb

    move slowly and unsteadily

    "The truck lurched down the road"

    Synonyms:
    stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunk

  8. prowl, lurchverb

    loiter about, with no apparent aim

    Synonyms:
    stagger, reel, pitch, prowl, swag, careen, keel, shift, skunk

  9. lurch, skunkverb

    defeat by a lurch

    Synonyms:
    stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunk

Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. crowelladverb

    to linger heavily in a dark manner

    the tall butler would crowell about the mansion

    Submitted by jrander9343 on July 9, 2023  
  2. flailing

    because it is a sudden movement.

    the boy was flailing on the ice.

    Submitted by rinat on November 4, 2015  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lurchnoun

    Synonyms:
    (Naut.) sudden roll

  2. lurchverb

    Synonyms:
    (Naut.) roll suddenly

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. lurchverb

    Synonyms:
    sway, stagger, roll, dodge, shift, evade, bilk

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "lurch":

    porridge

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How to use lurch in a sentence?

  1. Shannon Liss-Riordan:

    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.

  2. Diane Derzis:

    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.

  3. Faiza:

    A fair weather friend always leave you in a lurch.

  4. Comptroller Scott Stringer:

    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.

  5. Ross Gerber:

    Tesla's biggest issue is poor communication. They continue to lurch from announcement to announcement with lot of uncertainty.


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