Noun
an unsteady uneven gait

Noun
the act of moving forward suddenly

Noun
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

Noun
a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

Verb
defeat by a lurch

Verb
move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

Verb
walk as if unable to control one''s movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

Verb
move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"

Verb
loiter about, with no apparent aim

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v. i.
To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

n.
An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.

n.
A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.

v. t.
To leave in the lurch; to cheat.

v. t.
To steal; to rob.

n.
A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.

v. i.
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.

v. i.
To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.

v. i.
To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

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Lurch

Lurch , v. i. [L. lurcare, lurcari.] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. [Obs.]

Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear.

Lurch

Lurch, n. [OF. lourche name of a game; as adj., deceived, embarrassed.] 1. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. 2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.

Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.

To leave one in the lurch. (a) In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so far behind that the game is won before he has scored thirty-one. (b) To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to stand by, a person in a difficulty. Denham.

But though thou'rt of a different church, I will not leave thee in the lurch.

Lurch

Lurch, v. t. 1. To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [Obs.]

Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant.

2. To steal; to rob. [Obs.]

And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords of the garland.

Lurch

Lurch, n. [Cf. W. llerch, llerc, a frisk, a frisking backward or forward, a loitering, a lurking, a lurking, llercian, llerciaw, to be idle, to frisk; or perh. fr. E. lurch to lurk.] A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.

Lurch

Lurch , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching.] To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.

Lurch

Lurch, v. i. [A variant of lurk.] 1. To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk. L'Estrange. 2. To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch.

To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.

To leave in the lurch; to cheat.

A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.

To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.