Lurch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
  2. an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.
  3. a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.
verb (used without object)
  1. to make a lurch; move with lurches; stagger: The wounded man lurched across the room.
  2. (of a ship) to roll or pitch suddenly.
noun
  1. a situation at the close of various games in which the loser scores nothing or is far behind the opponent.
Idioms
  1. to leave in an uncomfortable or desperate situation; desert in time of trouble: Our best salesperson left us in the lurch at the peak of the busy season.
verb (used without object)
  1. to lurk near a place; prowl.
verb (used with object)
  1. to do out of; defraud; cheat.
  2. to acquire through underhanded means; steal; filch.
noun
  1. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
verb (intr)
  1. to lean or pitch suddenly to one side
  2. to stagger or sway
noun
  1. the act or an instance of lurching
noun
  1. to desert someone in trouble
  2. the state of a losing player with less than 30 points at the end of a game (esp in the phrase in the lurch)
verb
  1. to prowl or steal about suspiciously
Lurch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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