In the 2019 animated film, Lurch was an escaped mental patient from an abandoned haunted house (now, the Addams Mansion) and met Gomez, Morticia, and Thing whereupon they immediately hired …

The meaning of LURCH is to move with a lurch; also : stagger. How to use lurch in a sentence.

Lurch is a tall, shambling, lugubrious butler who somewhat resembles Frankenstein's monster and, on film, has a deep, resonant voice. In his first appearance in a cartoon by Charles Addams, he had a …

To lurch means to make a sudden movement, especially forwards, in an uncontrolled way. As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward. [VERB adverb/preposition] Henry looked, stared, and …

The truck gave a sudden lurch as it was hit by a strong gust of wind. The party's lurch (= sudden change) to the left will lose it a lot of support.

Sep 17, 2025 · Lurch (whose first name is unknown) is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams as a manservant to The Addams Family. In the original television series, …

lurch 1 (lɜrtʃ) n. 1. an act or instance of swaying abruptly. 2. a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship. 3. an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.

Lurch definition: To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically.

Nov 13, 2025 · lurch (third-person singular simple present lurches, present participle lurching, simple past and past participle lurched) (dialectal, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go …

To lurch is to suddenly move — usually forward. If you are on a ship that lurches a lot during a storm, you may find your body lurching in one direction and your stomach going in the opposite one.