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- Idioms leave (someone) in the lurch, to leave behind or desert (someone) when help is needed most: He left his family in the lurch and took off with his secretary.
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The meaning of LURCH is to move with a lurch; also : stagger. How to use lurch in a sentence.
1. To lurch means to make a sudden movement, especially forward, in an uncontrolled way. [...] 2. If you say that a person or organization lurches from one thing to another, you mean they move suddenly from one course of action or attitude to another in an uncontrolled way. [disapproval] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'lurch'
to act or continue in a way that is uncontrolled and not regular, often with sudden changes: We seem to lurch from crisis to crisis. She just lurches from one bad relationship to another. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. an act or instance of swaying abruptly. an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait. a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.
an act or instance of swaying abruptly; a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a person losing his or her balance. v. [ no object] (of a ship) to roll or pitch suddenly: The ship lurched in the storm. to stagger or sway: He lurched out of the bar. lurch2 /lɜrtʃ/ n.
Definition of lurch noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. uk / lɜːtʃ / us. lurch forward/towards, etc. Add to word list. to suddenly move in a way that is not controlled: The car lurched forward before hitting the tree. (Definition of lurch from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of lurch. in Chinese (Traditional) 搖晃，晃動, （尤指）突然傾斜, 蹣跚，踉蹌，磕磕絆絆… See more.
