What is another word for lurching?
Pronunciation:
[ lˈɜːt͡ʃɪŋ], [ lˈɜːtʃɪŋ], [ l_ˈɜː_tʃ_ɪ_ŋ]
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Synonyms for Lurching:
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adj.
• rolling • jerky -
v.
• crash- bite the dust ,
- bump ,
- collapse ,
- collide ,
- crash-land ,
- ditch ,
- dive ,
- drive into ,
- drop ,
- fall flat ,
- fall headlong ,
- fall prostrate ,
- give way ,
- go in ,
- hurtle ,
- meet ,
- overbalance ,
- overturn ,
- pancake ,
- plough into ,
- plunge ,
- prang ,
- smash ,
- splash down ,
- sprawl ,
- topple ,
- tumble ,
- upset ,
- washout .
- Juke ,
- circumlocute ,
- dark ,
- deceive ,
- elude ,
- equivocate ,
- escape ,
- evade ,
- fence ,
- fend off ,
- fudge ,
- get around ,
- get out of ,
- give the slip ,
- hedge ,
- malinger ,
- parry ,
- pussyfoot ,
- put the move on ,
- shake ,
- shake off ,
- shift ,
- shirk ,
- short-circuit ,
- shuffle ,
- sidestep ,
- skip out on ,
- skirt ,
- swerve ,
- tergiversate ,
- tergiverse ,
- trick ,
- turn aside ,
- weasel .
- Whiffle ,
- be undecided ,
- bobble ,
- break ,
- drop the ball ,
- fluctuate ,
- fluff ,
- halt ,
- hem and haw ,
- hesitate ,
- quaver ,
- scruple ,
- speak haltingly ,
- stammer ,
- stub toe ,
- tremble ,
- trip up ,
- vacillate ,
- waver .
Other relevant words:
- blunder ,
- bumble ,
- careen ,
- dodge ,
- duck ,
- falter ,
- flounder ,
- heave ,
- jerk ,
- lean ,
- list ,
- move to the side ,
- pitch ,
- reel ,
- rock ,
- roll ,
- seesaw ,
- slide ,
- slip ,
- stagger ,
- stumble ,
- sway ,
- swing ,
- teeter ,
- tilt ,
- toss ,
- totter ,
- wallow ,
- weave ,
- wobble ,
- yaw .
- Biasing ,
- Budging ,
- Canting ,
- Careening ,
- Delivering ,
- Dislodging ,
- Distributing ,
- Flipping ,
- Floundering ,
- Gyrating ,
- Heeling ,
- Heteroclite ,
- Huckstering ,
- Immethodical ,
- Intermitting ,
- Keeling ,
- Lunging ,
- Prowling ,
- Reeling ,
- Rocking ,
- Scuttling ,
- Skying ,
- Spasmatic ,
- Stacking ,
- Swagging ,
- Tarring ,
- Tarrying ,
- Teetering ,
- Tilting ,
- Transferring ,
- agitating ,
- astonishing ,
- astounding ,
- awkward ,
- broken ,
- capricious ,
- catchy ,
- changing ,
- choppy ,
- clumsy ,
- dancing ,
- dangling ,
- desultory ,
- deviative ,
- disconnected ,
- discontinuous ,
- doddering ,
- dodging ,
- dragging ,
- drooping ,
- eccentric ,
- erratic ,
- faltering ,
- fitful ,
- flagging ,
- flickering ,
- fluctuating ,
- gearing ,
- guttering ,
- halting ,
- hawking ,
- herky-jerky ,
- inclining ,
- inconstant ,
- intermittent ,
- irregular ,
- jerking ,
- jerky ,
- jolting ,
- jumping ,
- listing ,
- lumbering ,
- lurking ,
- mongering ,
- nonuniform ,
- oscillating ,
- patchy ,
- peddling ,
- pitching ,
- rambling ,
- repositioning ,
- rolling ,
- rough ,
- scrappy ,
- shambling ,
- shifting ,
- shuffling ,
- slipping ,
- sloping ,
- snatchy ,
- spasmodic ,
- spastic ,
- sporadic ,
- spotty ,
- stirring ,
- stupefying ,
- swaying ,
- swinging ,
- switching ,
- toppling ,
- tossing ,
- tottering ,
- tripping ,
- twisting ,
- uncertain ,
- unequal ,
- uneven ,
- unmethodical ,
- unrhythmical ,
- unsettled ,
- unsystematic ,
- variable ,
- veering ,
- vending ,
- walking unsteadily ,
- wandering ,
- wavering ,
- whirling ,
- wobbling ,
- wobbly .
How to use "Lurching" in context?
There's something a bit unsettling about a sudden movement or sudden change. It's as if the person or thing has lurched forward without warning, without any plausible explanation. In some cases, the sudden movement might be the result of an accident or uncontrolled movement; in others, it might be the result of someone intent on injuring or even killing someone else. But whatever the cause, the sudden movement can be unnerving and even dangerous.
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