English-Spanish translations for lurch

• bandazo
  Por esta razón, acabar con este negocio en lugar de permitirle dar bandazos de un desastre a otro. For this reason, I favour bringing this business to a close instead of allowing it to lurch from one disaster to the next.
• tambalearse

Definition of lurch

• A sudden or unsteady movement
• To make such a sudden, unsteady movement
• To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up
• An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables
• To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat
• To rob
• To evade by stooping; to lurk

Examples

• the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard

Related words

• lurcher
• leave someone in the lurch
• lee lurch
• leave somebody in the lurch