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Lurched

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lurch

1  [lurch]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
2. a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.
3. an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.
–verb (used without object)
4. (of a ship) to roll or pitch suddenly.
5. to make a lurch; move with lurches; stagger: The wounded man lurched across the room.
Origin:
1760–70; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
lurch⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
5. lunge, reel, totter.

lurch

3  [lurch]
–verb (used with object)
1. Archaic. to do out of; defraud; cheat.
2. Obsolete. to acquire through underhanded means; steal; filch.
–verb (used without object)
3. British Dialect. to lurk near a place; prowl.
–noun
4. Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME lorchen, appar. var. of lurken to lurk
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lurch 1   (lûrch)   
intr.v.   lurched, lurch·ing, lurch·es

  1. To stagger. See Synonyms at blunder.

  2. To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically: The ship lurched in the storm. The car gave a start and then lurched forward.

n.  

  1. A staggering or tottering movement or gait.

  2. An abrupt rolling or pitching.


[Origin unknown.]
lurch'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

lurch  (1)
"sudden pitch to one side," 1819 (in Byron's "Don Juan"), from earlier lee-larch (1769), a nautical term for "sudden violent roll to leeward which a ship often takes in a high sea," perhaps from Fr. lacher "to let go," from L. laxus (see lax).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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