lurch


5lurch

verb

Definition of LURCH

intransitive verb
1
: to roll or tip abruptly : pitch
2
: to move with a lurch <suddenly lurched forward>; also : stagger <has lurched from crisis to crisis — Jere Longman>

First Known Use of LURCH

circa 1828

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