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LURCH
lurch, stumble, stagger
(noun) an unsteady uneven gait
lurch, lunge
(noun) the act of moving forward suddenly
lurch, pitch, pitching
(noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); “the pitching and tossing was quite exciting”
lurch
(noun) a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
lurch, skunk
(verb) defeat by a lurch
lurch, pitch, shift
(verb) move abruptly; “The ship suddenly lurched to the left”
stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen
(verb) walk as if unable to control one’s movements; “The drunken man staggered into the room”
lurch
(verb) move slowly and unsteadily; “The truck lurched down the road”
prowl, lurch
(verb) loiter about, with no apparent aim
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
lurch (plural lurches)
A sudden or unsteady movement.
Verb
lurch (third-person singular simple present lurches, present participle lurching, simple past and past participle lurched)
To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
Etymology 2
Verb
lurch (third-person singular simple present lurches, present participle lurching, simple past and past participle lurched)
(obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
Etymology 3
Noun
lurch (countable and uncountable, plural lurches)
An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch.
Verb
lurch (third-person singular simple present lurches, present participle lurching, simple past and past participle lurched)
(obsolete, transitive) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
(obsolete, intransitive) To rob.
(obsolete, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk.
Anagrams
• churl
Source: Wiktionary
Lurch, v. i. Etym: [L. lurcare, lurcari.]
Definition: 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. Bacon.
Lurch, n. Etym: [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. Walpole. 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. Hudibras.
Lurch, v. t.
1. To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [Obs.] Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant. South.
2. To steal; to rob. [Obs.] And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords of the garland. Shak.
Lurch, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurched; p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching.]
Definition: To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
Lurch, v. i. Etym: [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. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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