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lurch
1[ lurch ]
noun
- an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
- an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.
- a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.
lurch
2[ lurch ]
noun
- a situation at the close of various games in which the loser scores nothing or is far behind the opponent.
lurch
3[ lurch ]
verb (used without object)
- British Dialect. to lurk near a place; prowl.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to do out of; defraud; cheat.
- Obsolete. to acquire through underhanded means; steal; filch.
noun
- Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
lurch
1/ lɜːtʃ /
verb
- to lean or pitch suddenly to one side
- to stagger or sway
noun
- the act or an instance of lurching
lurch
2/ lɜːtʃ /
noun
- leave someone in the lurchto desert someone in trouble
- cribbage the state of a losing player with less than 30 points at the end of a game (esp in the phrase in the lurch )
lurch
3/ lɜːtʃ /
verb
- archaic.intr to prowl or steal about suspiciously
Derived Forms
- ˈlurching, adjective
Other Words From
- lurching·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of lurch1
Origin of lurch2
Word History and Origins
Origin of lurch1
Origin of lurch2
Origin of lurch3
Idioms and Phrases
- leave in the lurch, 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.
More idioms and phrases containing lurch
see leave in the lurch .Example Sentences
But federal courts don’t tell the whole story: Across the country, voters also elected liberal justices to their state Supreme Courts, which function as a key backstop for civil rights and democracy as federal courts lurch rightward.
That's the key finding from a new study from researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology, which shows that employees' morale and job performance decline sharply when leaders lurch unpredictably between good and bad behavior.
The results from Michigan showed a clear lurch towards the Republican Party by Muslim voters in the state, likely the result of the Biden administration’s role in aiding Israel in its war in Gaza.
Now, former clients tell the BBC they have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket and “in the lurch” by authorities, while Archie has declared himself bankrupt.
She said differences in childcare across the border were frustrating and she felt she had been left in the lurch.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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