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21lurch — I n. sudden movement to give a lurch (the stricken ship gave a lurch) II v. (P; intr.) he lurch ed towards me III n. vulnerable position in the lurch (to leave smb. in the lurch) * * * [lɜːtʃ] (P; intr.) he lurched towards me [ sudden movement ]… …
22lurch — I UK [lɜː(r)tʃ] / US [lɜrtʃ] verb [intransitive] Word forms lurch : present tense I/you/we/they lurch he/she/it lurches present participle lurching past tense lurched past participle lurched 1) to move suddenly in a way that is not smooth or… …
23Lurch — A lurch is a staggering gait. Lurch can also refer to:In fiction*Lurch ( The Addams Family ), the Addams s butler *Lurch McDuck, Scrooge McDuck s cousinIn computing*LURCH, a software toolIn popular culture*lurch (rally), a type mock demonstration …
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25lurch — lurch1 [lə:tʃ US lə:rtʃ] v 1.) to walk or move suddenly in an uncontrolled or unsteady way lurch forward/to/towards/into etc ▪ Sam hit the gas and the car lurched forward. ▪ He lurched to his feet. 2.) your heart/stomach lurches used to say that… …
26lurch — lurch1 [ lɜrtʃ ] verb intransitive 1. ) to move suddenly in a way that is not smooth or controlled: Joe lurched drunkenly into the room. The bus finally lurched to a halt outside the school. 2. ) if your heart or stomach lurches, it seems to… …
27lurch — {{11}}lurch (n.1) sudden pitch to one side, 1784, from earlier lee larches (1765), a nautical term for the sudden roll which a ship makes to lee ward in a high sea, when a large wave strikes her, and bears her weather side violently up, which… …
28lurch — [[t]lɜ͟ː(r)tʃ[/t]] lurches, lurching, lurched 1) VERB To lurch means to make a sudden movement, especially forwards, in an uncontrolled way. [V adv/prep] As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward... [V adv/prep] Henry looked, stared, and …
29lurch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English lorchen, probably alteration of lurken to lurk Date: 15th century intransitive verb dialect chiefly England to loiter about a place furtively ; prowl transitive verb 1. obsolete …
30lurch — 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… …
