lurch

  • 31lurch — 1 verb (I) 1 to move suddenly forwards or sideways, usually because you cannot control your movements (+ across/into/along etc): Frank lurched back to his seat. | The car lurched forward across the grass. 2 your heart/stomach lurches used to say… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32lurch — I [[t]lɜrtʃ[/t]] n. 1) an act or instance of swaying abruptly 2) a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship 3) an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait 4) (of a ship) to roll or pitch suddenly 5) to stagger or sway • Etymology:… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 33lurch — English has two words lurch, both with rather obscure histories. The verb, ‘stagger’ [19], appears to come from an earlier lee lurch, which in turn may have been an alteration of an 18th century nautical term lee latch, denoting ‘drifting to… …

    Word origins

  • 34lurch — lurch1 lurchingly, adv. /lerrch/, n. 1. an act or instance of swaying abruptly. 2. a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person. 3. an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait. v.i. 4. (of a ship) to roll or pitch… …

    Universalium

  • 35Lurch — Amphibie; Staubflocke; Wollmaus; Staubmaus * * * Lurch [lʊrç], der; [e]s, e: Tier, das sowohl am als auch im Wasser lebt (Frosch, Kröte u. Ä.). Syn.: ↑ Amphibie. * * * Lụrch 〈m. 1〉 …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 36lurch — [lɜːtʃ] verb [I] I 1) to move suddenly in a way that is not smooth or controlled 2) if your heart or stomach lurches, it seems to jump suddenly because you are excited or upset II noun [C] lurch [lɜːtʃ] a sudden uncontrolled movement • leave sb… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 37lurch — I. /lɜtʃ / (say lerch) noun 1. sudden leaning or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person. 2. a sudden swaying or staggering movement. –verb (i) 3. to make a lurch; move with lurches; stagger: the wounded man lurched across the room… …

  • 38lurch — 1. n. & v. n. a stagger, a sudden unsteady movement or leaning. v.intr. stagger, move suddenly and unsteadily. Etymology: orig. Naut., lee lurch alt. of lee latch drifting to leeward 2. n. Phrases and idioms: leave in the lurch desert (a friend… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 39lurch — See: LEAVE IN THE LURCH …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 40lurch — See: LEAVE IN THE LURCH …

    Dictionary of American idioms

Pages