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Definitions for Lurching

[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.
[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.
[6] Archaic . to do out of; defraud; cheat.
[7] Obsolete . to acquire through underhanded means; steal; filch.
[8] British Dialect . to lurk near a place; prowl.
[9] Archaic . the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
[10] to lean or pitch suddenly to one side
[11] to stagger or sway
[12] the act or an instance of lurching
[13] leave someone in the lurch to desert someone in trouble
[14] cribbage the state of a losing player with less than 30 points at the end of a game (esp in the phrase in the lurch )
[15] (intr) archaic , or dialect to prowl or steal about suspiciously

Words related to Lurching

lurchtotter, bumble, teeter, jerk, reel, tilt, lean, seesaw, sway, wallow, flounder, stagger, careen, wobble, falter, heave, stumble, duck, dodge, pitch

Words nearby Lurching

lurchlupus pernio, lupus tumidus, lupus vulgaris, lur, luray, lurch, lurcher, lurdan, lure, lurex, lurgy

Origin of Lurching

31375–1425; late Middle English lorchen, apparently variant of lurken to lurk

Other words from Lurching

lurch·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Lurching

C15: perhaps a variant of lurk

Synonyms for Lurching

bumble, careen, falter, flounder, heave, jerk, lean, reel, seesaw, stagger, stumble, sway, teeter, tilt, totter, wallow, wobble, blunder, dodge, duck, list, pitch, rock, roll, slide, slip, swing, toss, weave, yaw, move to the side