1. Walk as if unable to control one's movements
   - stagger, reel, keel, swag, careen 
2. Move abruptly
   "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
   - pitch, shift 
3. Move slowly and unsteadily
   "The truck lurched down the road" 
4. Loiter about, with no apparent aim
   - prowl 
5. Defeat by a lurch
   - skunk

1. An unsteady uneven gait
   - stumble, stagger 
2. A decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage) 
3. Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
   - pitch, pitching 
4. The act of moving forward suddenly
   - lunge

Derived forms: lurching, lurches, lurched

Type of: defeat, footle, gait, get the better of, go, hang around, lallygag [N. Amer], licking, linger, loaf, locomote, loiter, lollygag [N. Amer], lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, mooch [Brit], motility, motion, move, movement, overcome, tarry, travel, walk

Encyclopedia: Lurch

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