Clues for the word "LURCH"
We've had 53 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 76 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 10, 2025.
Definition of lurch
- v. i. - To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
- n. - An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- n. - A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
- v. t. - To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
- v. t. - To steal; to rob.
- n. - A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.
- v. i. - To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
- v. i. - To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
- v. i. - To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
Referring Clues
- Pitch suddenly
- Clumsy move
- Leave in the ___
- "The Addams Family" butler
- Stagger
- "You rang?" asker on "The Addams Family"
- Reel
- It's not good to be left in it
- Roll suddenly to one side
- Sudden tip
- Servant to 68 Across
- "The Addams Family" character
- "The Addams Family" butler
- "The Addams Family" character
- Addams family manservant
- Sitcom butler
- Stagger suddenly
- Move in a jerky way
- Move in a jerky way
- Stagger
- "Adam's" family butler
- Bad place to leave someone in
- Fictional butler who inquires, "You rang?"
- Addams butler
- Staggering motion
- Rock and roll
- Addams family butler
- Sudden move
- Gomez's butler
- Totter
- Abrupt uncontrolled movement - something not to be left in?
- Move abruptly to one side
- The thing you don't want to be left in
- A staggering situation for those who are left in it
- Move forward suddenly and unsteadily
- Move unsteadily sideways
- Butler to Morticia and Gomez
- Sideways move to be left in?
- Curl shot by goalposts for rugby pitch
- Move unsteadily - a bad place to be left in
- Roll from midday meal with changed filling
- Left Christian grouping at hospital - no place to be left in!
- Sway violently
- Move like a drunken churl
- Sway suddenly
- Bad thing to be left in, with "the"
- Move suddenly and unsteadily
- What a rotten churl may leave you in?
- Left in the ___
- Abrupt movement
- Move unsteadily
- Sway abruptly
- Butler on "The Addams Family"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 11, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 07, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 11, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - January 25, 2024
- New York Times - January 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 06, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - August 25, 2022
- Guardian Quick - December 27, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - November 15, 2017
- Guardian Speedy - November 05, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - September 23, 2017
- LA Times - December 25, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 22, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 11, 2016
- Universal - July 09, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - March 25, 2016
- Guardian Quick - January 22, 2016
- USA Today - December 16, 2015
- Guardian Quick - September 07, 2015
- LA Times - September 06, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - May 08, 2015
- USA Today - February 12, 2015
- Universal - November 13, 2014
- USA Today - September 26, 2014
- And in 46 more crossword puzzles...