lurch
/lɜːtʃ/verb
उच्चारण लर्च
लड़खड़ाना, झटके से डगमगाना, हिचकोले खाना
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SSC Exams 2018- 1
[I] ~ (+ adv./prep.)
to make a sudden, unsteady movement forward or sideways
लड़खड़ाना, झटके से डगमगाना, हिचकोले खाना
- The bus lurched forward and the standing passengers fell over.
- He lurched across the road, drunk.
- The boat lurched sideways in the rough waves.
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- She lurched towards the door, half asleep.
- The auto lurched over a pothole and the bag fell.
Synonyms stagger stumble reel totter sway
Opposite glide walk steadily
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[I] ~ (from sth to sth)
to move suddenly and unpredictably from one state or situation to another
(एक स्थिति से दूसरी में) अचानक और अनियंत्रित रूप से बदलना
- The government lurched from one crisis to the next.
- The team lurched from one defeat to another all season.
- The economy lurched from boom to bust in just a few years.
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- His mood lurched between joy and worry during the results week.
- The film lurches from comedy to tragedy without warning.
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[C]
a sudden unsteady movement
झटका, लड़खड़ाहट, हिचकोला
- The train gave a lurch and stopped.
- Her heart gave a lurch when she saw the envelope.
- The car gave a sudden lurch and then stopped.
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- With a lurch, the lift began to move again.
- He felt a lurch in his stomach as the plane dropped.
¶Idioms 1
leave sb in the lurch
to leave somebody without help when they need it, especially at a difficult moment
मुसीबत में अकेला छोड़ देना, बीच मझधार में छोड़ना
- The contractor took the advance and left the family in the lurch with a half-built house.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
Lurch, with -urch (like church and birch; not 'lerch').
Lurch, -urch के साथ (church और birch की तरह; 'lerch' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the unsteady-walk words together: lurch (sudden sideways), stagger (as if about to fall), stumble (trip), totter (weakly), reel (from a blow or drink).
लड़खड़ाने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: lurch (अचानक बगल में), stagger (गिरने जैसा), stumble (ठोकर), totter (कमज़ोरी से), reel (चोट या नशे से)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Leave sb in the lurch (abandon in difficulty); in this phrase lurch is an old word from a card game, unrelated to the verb.
Idiom बहुत पूछा जाता है: leave sb in the lurch (मुसीबत में छोड़ देना); इस वाक्यांश में lurch ताश के पुराने खेल का शब्द है, verb से असंबंधित।