Noun

• S: (n) lurch (lurch%1:04:00::), stumble (stumble%1:04:00::), stagger (stagger%1:04:00::) (an unsteady uneven gait)
• S: (n) lurch (lurch%1:11:00::) (a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage))
• S: (n) lurch (lurch%1:04:02::), pitch (pitch%1:04:04::), pitching (pitching%1:04:01::) (abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)) "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
• S: (n) lurch (lurch%1:04:01::), lunge (lunge%1:04:00::) (the act of moving forward suddenly)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) motion (motion%1:04:01::), movement (movement%1:04:04::), move (move%1:04:04::) (the act of changing location from one place to another) "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) stagger (stagger%2:38:00::), reel (reel%2:38:00::), keel (keel%2:38:00::), lurch (lurch%2:38:03::), swag (swag%2:38:01::), careen (careen%2:38:01::) (walk as if unable to control one's movements) "The drunken man staggered into the room"
• S: (v) lurch (lurch%2:38:00::), pitch (pitch%2:38:03::), shift (shift%2:38:03::) (move abruptly) "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
• S: (v) lurch (lurch%2:38:01::) (move slowly and unsteadily) "The truck lurched down the road"
• S: (v) prowl (prowl%2:42:00::), lurch (lurch%2:42:00::) (loiter about, with no apparent aim)
• S: (v) lurch (lurch%2:33:00::), skunk (skunk%2:33:00::) (defeat by a lurch)