lurch
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an unsteady uneven gait
Types & categories
- gait hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
walk as if unable to control one's movements
The drunken man staggered into the room
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
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Sense 3 noun
a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
Types & categories
- licking hypernym
Related & opposite
- skunk derivation
Sense 4 verb
move abruptly
The ship suddenly lurched to the left
Types & categories
- move hypernym
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Sense 5 noun
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
the pitching and tossing was quite exciting
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Sense 6 verb
move slowly and unsteadily
The truck lurched down the road
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- move hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the act of moving forward suddenly
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
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Sense 8 verb
loiter about, with no apparent aim
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- mill about hypernym
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- prowl derivation
Sense 9 verb
defeat by a lurch
Types & categories
- defeat hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stumble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flounder |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gait |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stumble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reeler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | skunk |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | licking |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lunge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shifting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitching |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitch |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | ship |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | careen |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitch |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | lunge |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | prowl |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | mill about |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurch |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | shutout |
| 9 | domain topic | Related & opposite | card game |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | defeat |