Shift
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a type of women's undergarment, a slip a change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time an act of shifting; a slight movement or change the gear mechanism in a motor vehicle a button on a keyboard, chiefly for switching between upper and lower case a bit shift The infield shift.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To change, swap. to move from one place to another; to redistribute. to change position. To change gears (in a car). to remove the first value from an array. to dispose of. to hurry. to engage in sexual petting.
Example sentence: Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.
Lurch
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sudden or unsteady movement.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.