See lurch in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To walk unsteadily:
falter, reel, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, weave, wobble. See moveTo lean suddenly, unsteadily, and erratically from the vertical axis:
pitch, roll, seesaw, yaw. See move, straightTo move or cause to move with a sudden abrupt motion:
jerk, snap, twitch, wrench, yank. See move, push
noun
A sudden motion, such as a pull:
jerk, snap, tug, twitch, wrench, yank. See move, push
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