Dictionary Entry
lurch
lurch is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as intransitive verb, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
- 2noun
An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- 3noun
A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
- 4transitive verb
To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
- 5transitive verb
To steal; to rob.
- 6noun
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.
- 7intransitive verb
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
- 8intransitive verb
To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
- 9intransitive verb
To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
- 10noun
an unsteady uneven gait
- 11noun
the act of moving forward suddenly
Synonyms
- 12noun
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
"the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
- 13noun
a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
- 14verb
defeat by a lurch
Synonyms
- 15verb
move abruptly
"The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
- 16verb
walk as if unable to control one's movements
"The drunken man staggered into the room"
- 17verb
move slowly and unsteadily
"The truck lurched down the road"
- 18verb
loiter about, with no apparent aim
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