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lurches

lurches is the plural of lurch.

lurches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lurch.

Meaning of lurch

Noun (1)

lurch (plural lurches)

  1. A sudden or unsteady movement.
    • the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard

Noun (2)

lurch (plural lurches)

  1. (dialectal) A lift or heave.

Noun (3)

lurch (countable and uncountable, plural lurches)

  1. A predicament or difficult situation.
    • to leave someone in the lurch
  2. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
  3. A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole.
    • August 14, 1784, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway
      Lady Blandford has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.

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Questions about lurches

What is lurches the plural of?
Lurches is the plural of lurch.

Words near lurches in the dictionary

  1. lurbinectedin
  2. lurch
  3. lurched
  4. lurcher
  5. lurchers
  6. lurches
  7. lurcheth
  8. lurching
  9. lurchingly
  10. lurchings
  11. lurchy

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