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Plural of lurch

regular plural

The plural of lurch is lurches.

Forms of lurch

Singularlurch /lɜːt͡ʃ/
Plurallurches
Countablecountable

Lurches in a sentence

  • Nerve terminals buried deep in the tissue of the heart secrete their noradrenalin, and the heart lurches into accelerated pumping.1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 51. From the entry noradrenalin
  • The boat lurches through choppy waves with resonating booms, tourists chatter with excitement, and the woman throwing popcorns squeals whenever our seagull guards reappear, ready for the next assault.2012, Edmond Manning, chapter 3, in King Perry, Miami, Fla.: Dreamspinner Press, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry popcorn

Meaning of lurch

  1. noun A sudden or unsteady movement.
  2. verb To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
  3. verb To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

Full definition of lurch

Questions about the plural of lurch

What is the plural of lurch?
The plural of lurch is lurches.
Is lurch countable?
Lurch is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lurch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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