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Noun lurch has 4 senses
- lurch, stumble, stagger - an unsteady uneven gait
--1 is a kind of gait
- lurch - a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
--2 is a kind of defeat, licking
- lurch, pitch, pitching - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
--3 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
--3 has particulars: rock, careen, sway, tilt
- lurch, lunge - the act of moving forward suddenly
--4 is a kind of motion, movement, move
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"
--1 is one way to walk
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- lurch, pitch, shift - move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- lurch - move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"
--3 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- prowl, lurch - loiter about, with no apparent aim
--4 is one way to loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- lurch, skunk - defeat by a lurch
--5 is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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