lurch

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... Yes, Bob, I appreciate that this puts you in a bit of a lurch.

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an unsteady uneven gait

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lurch gathered in one view.

noun

an unsteady uneven gait

noun

a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

noun

abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lurch.

noun

an unsteady uneven gait

noun

a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

noun

abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

noun

the act of moving forward suddenly

verb

walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

See also: stagger, reel, keel, swag, careen

verb

move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

verb

move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"

verb

loiter about, with no apparent aim

verb

defeat by a lurch

Example sentences

... Yes, Bob, I appreciate that this puts you in a bit of a lurch.

South American countries tend to lurch from right to left and back.

Instead he's washed his hands of it, and left a segment of his users in the lurch.

With tenure safe in hand, leaves his students in a lurch as he heads off to do a start-up.

At the same time, he seemed to tragically lurch from one master to the next, although always seeking a more benign one.

It was such an absurd lurch that I felt a little bit worried about being on the road, even within my own neighborhood.

There's no need to lurch into dark conspiracy theories without any supporting evidence.

I wouldn't feel right leaving them in the lurch, so it'd a have to be a significantly more interesting offer and I'd need some time to sort things out here without disrupting plans they've made based on hiring me.".

Good job!Also, despite increased access to 'intelligence,' the US continues to make poor strategic decisions, blunder into wars that it loses, lurch from financial crisis to crisis, and lose the trust of both its domestic citizens and important foreign allies.