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Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
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lurch
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"predicament," 1580s, from Middle English lurch (v.) "to beat in a game of skill (often by a great many points)," mid-14c., probably literally "to make a complete victory in lorche," a game akin to backgammon, from Old French lourche . The game name is ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sb's stomach lurches/tightens (= it suddenly feels tight because they are frightened ) ▪ Her stomach lurched at the thought of leaving Millfield. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB forward ▪ The chassis lurched forward ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lurch \Lurch\, n. [Cf. W. llerch, llerc, a frisk, a frisking backward or forward, a loitering, a lurking, a lurking, llercian, llerciaw, to be idle, to frisk; or perh. fr. E. lurch to lurk.] A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lurch is an EP by Steel Pole Bath Tub , released in 1990 by Boner Records .
Usage examples of lurch.
The man lurched back, one hand grasping, then pulling at the adze wedged in his shoulder.
The plastic aerator valves, surgically stitched in his chest, pulled and twisted and seemed to tear with each lurch of his body.
The guests at the Albergo Monte Gazza peered at one another over dinner through a gradually deepening gloom, enlivened by occasional lurches towards complete darkness.
He flung the door wide and lurched out, a sure target for Renz, who swung his gun toward Alker before The Shadow could stop him.
Feeling that she had failed, with a movement like the sudden lurch of a ship, Atene thrust at Ayesha, proposing to hurl her to destruction in the depths beneath.
The autocar lurched to a halt, and Holmes used the momentum to leap from the seat to the roadway.
The Biter lurched, as the helmsman pulled her round a point or so nearer the wind to keep the channel.
Shahin was blindfolding the camels as they lurched against him, crying with their hoarse, braying voices.
With his gaff, the gaffman hooks on to a sheet of blubber, and strives to hold it from slipping, as the ship pitches and lurches about.
Transcendental missionary lurched out of the crowd, her begging terminal extended in both hands, and Booly circled to the left.
It is a story, and for that reason, the effect of superlative cinematography must be broken as the body pulls itself to the door, lurches through, and stumbles to grasp at the edge of a chest-high wooden counter.
Polly took no notice as the carriage lurched along the dark lanes from Wood bridge to Dilling ham.
The drome was lurching towards her, podgy white fingers grasping the air.
She walked in a circle around Lady Sunshine, while Lady Sunshine watched her with a wary rotating eye, ready to lurch if the dryad attempted to move in her direction.
He tensed a little and his hand gripped the butt as Eggy lurched toward him.