how to pronounce lurch

/ˈlɝtʃ/

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lurch is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of lurch in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… he claimed i saw her lurch violently …”

meaning of lurch

Lurch means to move suddenly and jerkily.

lurch frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lurch occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lurch can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lurch can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;