Lurch

What do we mean by lurch?

The losing position of a cribbage player who has not passed the halfway mark at the end of the game. noun

(in the lurch) In a difficult or embarrassing position. idiom

To make an abrupt sudden movement. intransitive verb

To move with abrupt movements; move haltingly or jerkily. synonym: blunder. intransitive verb

To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically. intransitive verb

A staggering or tottering movement or gait. noun

An abrupt rolling or pitching. noun

To swallow or devour; eat up; consume.

An old game, the nature of which is unknown. noun

In cribbage, the position of a player when his opponent has won every point (61 holes) before he himself has made 30 holes; also, the state of the game under these circumstances; a double game. noun

⟨ lurch, verb A cheat; a swindle. noun

To leave suddenly or unexpectedly in an embarrassing predicament. noun

To take (game) with a lurcher. See lurcher, 2.

To win a double game in cribbage, piquet, etc.

To leave in the lurch; disappoint.

To forestall; rob; swindle; cheat.

To capture criminally or dishonestly; appropriate; steal.

To lie in concealment; lurk; move stealthily.

To sulk; pout.

A sudden or unsteady movement.

Words that are spelled similarly to lurch:
lurch, lunch, larch, murch, lorch, burch, durch, lerch, purch, luch, curch, urch, luach, furch.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lurch:
fester, starboard, mal, vanguard, lucas, wednesday, nickname, butler, thing, cousin, forward, occasionally, alice, tall, crisis, scene, toward, jackson, voice, entitled, theme, towards, crew.

Words that rhyme with lurch:
search, research, church, perch, birch, scientific research, smirch, burch, catholic church, greek orthodox church, durch, coptic church, eastern church, protestant episcopal church, empirical research, operations research, high church, roman catholic church, christian church, episcopal church, mormon church, greek church, paper birch, canoe birch, doctor of the church, white birch, black birch, orthodox church, bertsch, ocean perch, protestant church, methodist church, american white birch, anglican church, silver birch, baptist church, russian orthodox church, upchurch, common birch, eastern orthodox church, western church, established church, red birch, american gray birch, european white birch, gray birch, silver perch, congregational church, old catholic church, sweet birch, yukon white birch, cherry birch, river birch, roman church, swamp birch, yellow birch, director of research, presbyterian church, byzantine church, newfoundland dwarf birch, downy birch, funeral church, lutheran church, united methodist church, american dwarf birch, wesleyan methodist church, european perch, unitarian church, water birch, orthodox catholic church, western birch, western paper birch, mountain birch, rainbow perch, congregational christian church, pike perch, right of search, white perch, high anglican church, yellow perch, lerche, mennonite church, gertsch, whitchurch, burtch, bertch, bertsche.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lurch:
sudden, stomach, sickening, violent, heavy, great, little, slight, tremendous, final, wild, last, forward, next, terrific, unexpected, quick, mighty, huge, occasional, sharp, drunken, painful, terrible, slow, sideways, sick, big, desperate, downward, familiar, leftward, extra, gentle, backward, abrupt, upward, fearful, clumsy, awkward, hungry, heavier, awful, dizzy, vicious, rightward, funny, convulsive, modest, odd, peculiar, dizzying, horrible, queer, staggering, strange, eccentric, involuntary, curious, tiny, preliminary, swift, dangerous, uncomfortable, frantic, unpleasant, ominous, ugly, unsteady, nasty, dreadful, perceptible, sly, frightful, jarring, slightest, door, massive, crazy.

Consonant match to lurch:
louche, latch, leach, leech, loach, letch, lich, leche, looch, lache, loche, lach, lauch, leitch, lerche, laiche, leetch, laatsch, latsch, letsch.

Words that sound like lurch:
lurch, lerche, lurge, lry, lurry, laree, lri, learn, lurk, ler, leech, latch, leach, lich, luch, lerk, lur, leche, lers, lern, larch, lurched, lauch, letch, lach, lors, lerch, ller, lert, larue, lurcher, lurs, lurve, leetch, lache, lrt, leroux, leitch, liche, lrr, laroux, lirt, lra, lch, lre, lrc, lareau, luhr, lrs, lrk, lyche, lirr, lro, lrn, latsch, laru, lirl, lrw, church, arch, arch-, cherche, srch, large, leash, ledge, lodge, lash, lish, liege, lige, lege, lesh, lidge, loach, losh, lauge, lrd, looch, lerp, lorge, lerd, laiche, lerm, laroche, lerg, lij, lge, laj, lodg, lej, lesch, laich, lardge, lasch, lered, looc, losch, glurge, ldg.