Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lurching

/lˈɝtʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: lurch-ing
IPA: /lˈɝtʃɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of lurch

noun

the action of the verb to lurch

Example Sentences

"The occasional plungings and lurchings of this traveling van, over the ruts and small boulders of the Steenweg, are apt to remind one of a roughish journey by sea […]"

Inflected Forms

lurchings (plural)

Rhymes With

searching researching

Questions

How do you pronounce lurching?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɝtʃɪŋ/.
What does lurching mean?: present participle and gerund of lurch

How to pronounce lurching

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