Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make a sudden, unsteady movement:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make a sudden, unsteady movement:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make a sudden, unsteady movement:

Examples

18 sentences

  1. He left me in the lurch.

    Він кинув мене у важкій ситуації. — deniko

    ruОн бросил меня в беде. — odexed

    deEr ließ mich im Stich. — Yorwba

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  2. The train lurched to a standstill.

    ruПоезд рывком остановился. — corvard

    deDer Zug kam mit einem Ruck zum Stehen. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. Judit left us in the lurch.

    deJudit ließ uns im Stich. — Yorwba

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Meaning

7 senses

  1. To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

    taumeln, schlingern, torkeln

    поша́тыватьсяpošátyvatʹsja, пошатну́тьсяpošatnútʹsja

    похи́туватисяpoxýtuvatysja, похитну́тисяpoxytnútysja, хита́тисяxytátysja

  2. (transitive)To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).

  3. (obsolete)To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

More meanings 4

  1. (dialectal, intransitive)To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.

  2. (dialectal, intransitive)To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To rob.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.

More definitions
  • walk as if unable to control one's movements
  • move abruptly
  • move slowly and unsteadily
  • loiter about, with no apparent aim

Origin

Originally a nautical term, found in lee-larches (“the sudden and violent rolls of a ship

Originally a nautical term, found in lee-larches (“the sudden and violent rolls of a ship to the leeward in high seas”), of unknown origin. Possibly the same as lurch (“to move stealthily, evade by stooping”) (see below), or from French lâcher (“to let go”).

From Middle English *lurchen (recorded only in Middle English lurcare, lurcard (“glutton”)), from Old French *lurcher, from Latin lurcō (“eat greedily, guzzle”), of uncertain origin. Compare Middle High German slurken (“to slurp”) (whence German schlurken).

From Middle English lorchen, variant of Middle English lurken (“to lurk”). More at lurk.

From Middle English *lurche (implied in derivative lurching), from Old French lourche (“deceived, embarrassed; also the name of a game”), from Proto-West Germanic *lort (“left; left-handed; crooked; bent; warped; underhanded; deceitful; limping”). Cognate to English lirt.

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Forms

lurches, lurching, lurched, lurched

regular · Lesson

Base formlurch · to lurch
3rd person singularlurches
Present participlelurching
Past simplelurched
Past participlelurched

Tenses

lurch · lurched · will lurch · have lurched

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylurch
he, she, itlurches

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lurched
he, she, ithas lurched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lurch

Past simpleLesson

all personslurched

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Derivedlurcherlurchinglylurchy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lunelungB1lungelureluridC2lurk

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