LURCHING Synonyms

• so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

• unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age

• (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse

• (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily

• a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector

• music composed for dancing a reel

• winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod

• a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

• a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps

• an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• wind onto or off a reel

• controlling influence

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• win approval or support for

• cause to move back and forth

• a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end

• move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

• the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

• the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it

• a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)

• promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

• any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

• a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer

• a high approach shot in golf

• an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

• abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

• the action or manner of throwing something

• throw or toss with a light motion

• move abruptly

• fall or plunge forward

• set to a certain pitch

• sell or offer for sale from place to place

• be at an angle

• heel over

• erect and fasten

• throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

• hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin

• lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

• set the level or character of

• an unsteady uneven gait

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• walk with great difficulty

• to arrange in a systematic order

• astound or overwhelm, as with shock

• pitching dangerously to one side

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• move sideways or in an unsteady way

• a projection or ridge that suggests a keel

• the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly

• one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• the act of moving forward suddenly

• (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward

• make a thrusting forward movement

• (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

• abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

• the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)

• move about in or as if in a predatory manner

• loiter about, with no apparent aim

• a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector

• music composed for dancing a reel

• winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod

• a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

• a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps

• an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• wind onto or off a reel

• an event in which something is displaced without rotation

• a qualitative change

• the time period during which you are at work

• the act of changing one thing or position for another

• the act of moving from one place to another

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

• the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

• a woman's sleeveless undergarment

• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

• make a shift in or exchange of

• change place or direction

• move around

• move very slightly

• move from one setting or context to another

• change in quality

• move and exchange for another

• move sideways or in an unsteady way

• move abruptly

• use a shift key on a keyboard

• change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

• change gears

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

• a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

• a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

• street names for marijuana

• American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

• defeat by a lurch

• an unsteady uneven gait

• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

• walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly

• miss a step and fall or nearly fall

• encounter by chance

• make an error

• valuable goods

• goods or money obtained illegally

• a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman

• droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• sway heavily or unsteadily