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lurch
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1 to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the room lurched with every jolt of the earthquake Synonyms of lurch careen, rock, pitch, roll, seesaw, sway, toss, wobble (also wabble)Words Related to lurch blunder, buck, dodder, falter, flounder, halt, hitch, hobble, jerk, jolt, reel, shake, stagger, stumble, teeter, toddle, totter, tumble, vacillate, vibrate, waddle, waver, weave; oscillate, undulate, wag, waggle
2 to move forward while swaying from side to side dressed in his zombie costume, the boy lurched down the street in his quest for Halloween candy Synonyms of lurch careen, dodder, stagger, reel, teeter, totter, waddleWords Related to lurch rock, roll, seesaw, swag, sway, waver, weave, wobble (also wabble); barge, blunder, clomp, clump, flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, stamp, stomp, stumble, tramp, tromp
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