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To make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements
“Lamar pointed a finger at Billie Jean Cameron, who continued to lurch around in the aisle, moaning and mumbling and struggling to keep a grasp on Ricky's arm.”
To move around or sideways unsteadily or suddenly
“As the machine spun, it crashed into a second machine, causing that one to lurch sideways and dump its driver on the ice.”
To move clumsily or ploddingly
To fall down, especially after losing one's balance
To move with a short, sudden movement
To move swiftly or impetuously
To give, or cause to give, a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement
To move somewhere in a slow and steady way
To make, or cause to make, a sudden forward movement
To move around, back and forth, or from side to side, while suspended or on an axis
A sudden or unsteady movement
“With a sudden lurch, the ship began to slew about in the current, then came to a grinding stop.”
A quick, sharp, sudden movement
An act of jumping down from a surface
A speech disorder characterized by hesitant and interrupted flow of words
An act of moving from one point to another while suspended or on an axis
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