| VERB | motion | lurch, stagger, reel, keel, swag, careen | walk as if unable to control one's movements |
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| motion | lurch, pitch, shift | move abruptly | |
| motion | lurch | move slowly and unsteadily | |
| stative | lurch, prowl | loiter about, with no apparent aim | |
| competition | lurch, skunk | defeat by a lurch | |
| NOUN | act | lurch, stumble, stagger | an unsteady uneven gait |
| event | lurch | a decisive defeat in a game / game / game (especially in cribbage) | |
| act | lurch, pitch, pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | |
| act | lurch, lunge | the act of moving forward suddenly |
| Sounds | ler'ch | |
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| Rhymes | birch ... search: 7 rhymes with erch... | |
| Meaning | An unsteady uneven gait. | |
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| Synonyms | stumble, stagger | |
| Broader | gait | A person's manner of walking |
| Spanish | bamboleo, bandazo, tambaleo, titubeo, tropiezo | |
| Catalan | tentineig, tentines, titubar, titubejar | |
| Verbs | lurch | walk as if unable to control one's movements |
| Meaning | A decisive defeat in a game / game / game (especially in cribbage). | |
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| Broader | defeat, licking | An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest |
| Verbs | lurch | defeat by a lurch |
| Meaning | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | pitch, pitching | |
| Category | ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight |
| Narrower | rock, careen, sway, tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility | A change of position that does not entail a change of location |
| Spanish | lanzamiento, sacudida, tira | |
| Catalan | bandada, recalcada | |
| Verbs | lurch | move abruptly |
| Meaning | The act of moving forward suddenly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | lunge | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Spanish | arremetida, embestida, estocada | |
| Catalan | atac, envestida, escomesa | |
| Verbs | lurch | move abruptly |
| Meaning | walk as if unable to control one's movements. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | stagger, reel, keel, swag, careen | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | tambalearse, titubear, vacilar | |
| Catalan | titubar, trontollar, vacil·lar | |
| Nouns | lurch | an unsteady uneven gait |
| Meaning | Move abruptly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" | |
| Synonyms | pitch, shift | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | arrojarse, cambiar de dirección, dar una sacudida, sacudirse | |
| Nouns | lurch | the act of moving forward suddenly |
| lurch | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | |
| Meaning | Move slowly and unsteadily. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The truck lurched down the road" | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | tambalearse | |
| Catalan | titubar, trontollar, vacil·lar | |
| Meaning | loiter about, with no apparent aim. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | prowl | |
| Broader | loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | Be about |
| Spanish | aguaitar, merodear, rondar | |
| Catalan | aguaitar, rondar, voltar | |
| Meaning | defeat by a lurch. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | skunk | |
| Category | card game, cards | A game / game played with playing cards |
| Broader | get the better of, overcome, defeat | win a victory over |
| Spanish | dar una paliza, zurrar | |
| Nouns | lurch | a decisive defeat in a game / game / game (especially in cribbage) |
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