Lurch

n.

Heard in Dublin

A slow dance.

In use

He asked up for a lurch at the hop last night.

Posh English

He requested the pleasure of a slow dance at the hop last night.

  • Dance with you?An emphatic refusal to dance with someone.
  • No slow punctureA sharp or clever fellow, far from slow or dull.
  • Slow setA sequence of successive slow dances or ballads played at a venue.
  • Dance on yer faceTo stamp repeatedly on an opponent's head during a fight.
  • ClingerA slow dance, so called because the partners cling closely together.