lurch

lurch: 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 your heart or stomach seems to move suddenly because you feel shocked, frightened etc

▪ Virginia's heart lurched painfully in her chest.

3.) lurch from one crisis/extreme etc to another [i]also lurch from crisis to crisis

to seem to have no plan and no control over what you are doing

▪ The industry lurches from crisis to crisis.

lurch ²

lurch² n

[Sense: 1; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Origin unknown.]

[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: lurch 'defeat in the card game cribbage' (16-21 centuries), perhaps from early French lourche a game similar to backgammon]

1.) a sudden movement

▪ The train gave a violent lurch.

2.) leave sb in the lurch

to leave someone at a time when you should stay and help them

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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… … Wikipedia
Lurch — Lurch, n. [OF. lourche name of a game; as adj., deceived, embarrassed.] 1. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. [1913 Webster] 2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lurch — lurch1 [lʉrch] vi. [< ?] 1. to roll, pitch, or sway suddenly forward or to one side 2. to stagger n. [earlier lee lurch < ?] a lurching movement; sudden rolling, pitching, etc. lurch2 [lʉrch] vi. [ME lorchen … English World dictionary
Lurch — Lurch, v. t. 1. To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant. South. [1913 Webster] 2. To steal; to rob. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Lurch — Lurch, v. i. [A variant of lurk.] 1. To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To dodge; to shift; to play tricks. [1913 Webster] I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch. Shak. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lurch — Lurch, n. [Cf. W. llerch, llerc, a frisk, a frisking backward or forward, a loitering, a lurking, a lurking, llercian, llerciaw, to be idle, to frisk; or perh. fr. E. lurch to lurk.] A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lurch — lurch·er; lurch·ing·ly; lurch; … English syllables
lurch — Ⅰ. lurch [1] ► NOUN ▪ a sudden unsteady movement. ► VERB ▪ make such a movement; stagger. ORIGIN of unknown origin. Ⅱ. lurch [2] ► NOUN (in phrase … English terms dictionary
Lurch — Lurch, v. i. [L. lurcare, lurcari.] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lurch — (l[^u]rch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lurched} (l[^u]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lurching}.] To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching. [1913 Webster +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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