What does lurch mean?
Definitions for lurch
lɜrtʃlurch
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word lurch.
Princeton's WordNet
lurch, stumble, staggernoun
an unsteady uneven gait
lurchnoun
a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
lurch, pitch, pitchingnoun
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
"the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
lurch, lungeverb
the act of moving forward suddenly
stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careenverb
walk as if unable to control one's movements
"The drunken man staggered into the room"
lurch, pitch, shiftverb
move abruptly
"The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
lurchverb
move slowly and unsteadily
"The truck lurched down the road"
prowl, lurchverb
loiter about, with no apparent aim
lurch, skunkverb
defeat by a lurch
GCIDE
Lurchverb
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching.
Wiktionary
lurchnoun
A sudden or unsteady movement.
lurchverb
To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lurchnoun
Etymology: This word is derived by Skinner from l'ourche, a game of draughts, much used, as he says, among the Dutch; ourche he derives from arca; so that, I suppose, those that are loft are left in lorche, in the lurch or box; whence the use of the word.
To Lurchverb
Etymology: lurcor, Latin.
Too far off from great cities may hinder business; or too near lurcheth all provisions, and maketh every thing dear. Francis Bacon, Essays.
He waxed like a sea;
And, in the brunt of seventeen battles since,
He lurcht all swords o’ th’ garland. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.God never designed the use of them to be continual; by putting such an emptiness in them, as should so quickly fail and lurch the expectation. Robert South, Sermons.
This is a sure rule, that will never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant. Robert South, Sermons.
To Lurchverb
Etymology: loeren, Dutch; or rather from the noun.
I myself, sometimes leaving the fear of heav’n on my left-hand, and hiding mine honour in my necessity, am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch. William Shakespeare.
While the one was upon wing, the other stood lurching upon the ground, and flew away with the fish. Roger L'Estrange.
ChatGPT
lurch
Lurch refers to an abrupt, uncontrolled movement or staggering, especially of a vehicle, ship, or aircraft. It can also be used to refer to a sudden, unexpected veering off course or change in direction. In broader terms, it can represent a state of confusion, uncertainty, or disorientation.
Webster Dictionary
Lurchverb
to swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up
Lurchnoun
an old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables
Lurchnoun
a double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch
Lurchverb
to leave in the lurch; to cheat
Lurchverb
to steal; to rob
Lurchnoun
a sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind
Lurchverb
to roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man
Lurchverb
to withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk
Lurchverb
to dodge; to shift; to play tricks
Etymology: [OF. lourche name of a game; as adj., deceived, embarrassed.]
Wikidata
LURCH
LURCH is a tool for software design debugging that uses a nondeterministic algorithm to quickly explore the reachable states of a software model. By performing a partial and random search, LURCH looks for faults in the model and reports the pathways leading to the faults.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lurch
lurch, n. an ancient card-game: in cribbage, the position of the party who has gained every point before the other makes one.—v.t. to overreach: (arch.) to steal.—Leave in the lurch, to leave in a difficult situation without help. [O. Fr. lourche.]
Lurch
lurch, v.i. to evade by stooping, to lurk: to roll or pitch suddenly to one side (as a ship).—n. a sudden roll of a ship.—n. Lurch′er, a name applied to any dog with a distinct cross of greyhound: one who lies in wait: a glutton. [Lurk.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
lurch
A heavy roll, weather or lee, as occasioned by a sea suddenly striking or receding from the weather-bilge of the vessel.--To be left in the lurch is to be left behind in a case where others make their escape.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LURCH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lurch is ranked #113791 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Lurch surname appeared 154 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lurch.
59.7% or 92 total occurrences were White.
29.2% or 45 total occurrences were Black.
5.8% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
Anagrams for lurch »
churl
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lurch in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lurch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of lurch in a Sentence
A fair weather friend always leave you in a lurch.
Elliot Stabler is free, and I think Elliot Stabler's got eyes for me, but Olivia Benson is hurt ! I mean, Olivia Benson left me in a lurch for 10 years. She's frightened.
This was always a very busy clinic. So we realize the numbers of women who are going to be left in the lurch and will have to travel out of state, or continue a pregnancy, or do something themselves. It's the latter that worries you more than anything else. Because there's definitely desperation.
Until then we will lurch from crisis to crisis, from outburst to outburst by this authoritarian president.
Tesla's biggest issue is poor communication. They continue to lurch from announcement to announcement with lot of uncertainty.
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