verb
definition
To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
verb
definition
To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
verb
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To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
definition
To rob.
definition
To evade by stooping; to lurk.
noun
definition
The action of the verb to lurch
Examples of lurching in a Sentence
Adrienne stiffened, her heart lurching into frenzied activity at the sound of his voice.
The Monster Mash borrowed the foot steps from the Mashed Potato but added lurching, "monster arms" to the mix.
Cassie clung to the seat to keep from falling out of the lurching buggy as Bordeaux took them out of town at a run.
But if a load is so applied that the deflection increases with speed, the stress is greater than that due to a very gradually applied load, and vibrations about a mean position are set up. The rails not being absolutely straight and smooth, centrifugal and lurching actions occur which alter the distribution of the loading.
He drew his left foot out of the stirrup and, lurching with his whole body and puckering his face with the effort, raised it with difficulty onto the saddle, leaned on his knee, groaned, and slipped down into the arms of the Cossacks and adjutants who stood ready to assist him.