Overview of noun lurch

The noun lurch has 4 senses

• lurch, stumble, stagger -- (an unsteady uneven gait)


• lurch -- (a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage))


• lurch, pitch, pitching -- (abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting")


• lurch, lunge -- (the act of moving forward suddenly)

Overview of verb lurch

The verb lurch has 5 senses

• stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen -- (walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room")


• lurch, pitch, shift -- (move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left")


• lurch -- (move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road")


• prowl, lurch -- (loiter about, with no apparent aim)


• lurch, skunk -- (defeat by a lurch)