an act or instance of swaying abruptly.

a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.

an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.

(of a ship) to roll or pitch suddenly.

to make a lurch; move with lurches; stagger

The wounded man lurched across the room.

verb

retreat

verb

blunder , bumble , careen , dodge , duck , falter , flounder , heave , jerk , lean , list , move to the side , pitch , reel , rock , roll , seesaw , slide , slip , stagger , stumble , sway , swing , teeter , tilt , toss , totter , wallow , weave , wobble , yaw , snap , twitch , wrench , yank , bilk , evade , jolt , lunge , plunge , shift , swerve

noun

snap , tug , twitch , wrench , yank