lurching

3 definitions • 3 examples

present participle of

to move in a way that is not regular or normal, especially making sudden movements backwards or forwards or from side to side:

The train lurched forward and some of the people standing fell over.

to act or continue in a way that is uncontrolled and not regular, often with sudden changes:

We seem to lurch from crisis to crisis.

She just lurches from one bad relationship to another.