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Words related to lurch

Related / Similar Words: stumble, stagger, lunge, pitch, pitching, skunk, shift, reel, keel, swag, careen, prowl

Definition:

an unsteady uneven gait;

the act of moving forward suddenly;

abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting";

a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage);

defeat by a lurch;

move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left";

walk as if unable to control one''s movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room";

move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road";

loiter about, with no apparent aim;

Hyponyms: rock, careen, sway, tilt

Derivational Morphology: stagger, flounder, reel, keel, swag, careen, stumble, falter, bumble, lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust, pitch, shift, skunk, shutout, shifting, pitching, rock, sway, tilt, staggerer, totterer, reeler, prowl

Anagrams: churl

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