Lurch

v. i.	1.	To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear. - Bacon.
n.	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.
v. t.	1.	To leave in the lurch; to cheat. Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant. - South.
	2.	To steal; to rob. And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords of the garland. - Shak.
n.	1.	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.
v. i.	1.	To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching. [imp. & p. p. Lurched (lûrcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching.]
	1.	To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
	2.	To dodge; to shift; to play tricks. I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch. - Shak.

Noun	1.	lurch - an unsteady uneven gait Synonyms: stagger, stumble
	2.	lurch - a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
	3.	lurch - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" Synonyms: pitching, pitch
	4.	lurch - the act of moving forward suddenly Synonyms: lunge
Verb	1.	lurch - walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" Synonyms: careen, keel, reel, stagger, swag
	2.	lurch - move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" Synonyms: pitch, shift
	3.	lurch - move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"
	4.	lurch - loiter about, with no apparent aim Synonyms: prowl
	5.	lurch - defeat by a lurch Synonyms: skunk

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