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Meanings of lurch in English

Catalan
tentineig
Spanish
tambaleo

An unsteady uneven gait.

        tentineig
        Catalan
        recalcada
        Spanish
        sacudida

        Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

              recalcada
              Catalan
              titubar
              Spanish
              vacilar

              Walk as if unable to control one's movements.

                    titubar
                    Catalan
                    escomesa

                    The act of moving forward suddenly.

                          escomesa
                          Usage of lurch in English
                          1
                          But several councillors said the government was leaving Aucklanders in the lurch.
                          Radio NZ
                          2
                          Nepal, Bangladesh and the Maldives lurch from one political crisis to another.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          That Ellis's company had left farmers in the lurch was well known.
                          The Irish Times
                          4
                          Every few minutes Slidell would lurch to his feet and disappear outside.
                          Devil Bones
                          5
                          With a sudden lurch forward the Sergeant plunged headlong in the snow.
                          Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier
                          6
                          The bubble burst leaving the new north Dublin suburb in the lurch.
                          The Irish Times
                          7
                          It was never her way to leave a fellow-creature in the lurch.
                          Wild Kitty
                          8
                          Do you seriously mean you're going to leave me in the lurch?
                          The Guardian
                          9
                          The boat gave a little lurch toward the middle of the stream.
                          The Belgian Twins
                          10
                          I hope to God he'll not leave us in the lurch to-night.
                          Dubliners
                          11
                          After all these years I could never leave Bernard in the lurch.
                          Nightfall
                          12
                          I lurch forward in surprise to look at the girl who spoke.
                          Unraveled
                          13
                          That was a pretty rough way you left me in the lurch.
                          Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
                          14
                          But the world may have taken a lurch in their desired direction.
                          News.com.au
                          15
                          And he found his walk peculiar; more a lurch than a step.
                          The devil's touch
                          16
                          And Dad would never have left any white man in the lurch.
                          Adventure
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                          Translations for lurch
                          Portuguese
                          espreitar
                          Lurch through the time
                          Lurch across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common