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- Lurch - v. i. - To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
- Lurch - n. - An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- Lurch - n. - A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
- Lurch - v. t. - To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
- Lurch - v. t. - To steal; to rob.
- Lurch - 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.
- Lurch - v. i. - To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
- Lurch - v. i. - To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
- Lurch - v. i. - To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
- Lurched - imp. & p. p. - of Lurch
- Lurcher - n. - One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.
- Lurcher - n. - One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.
- Lurcher - n. - A glutton; a gormandizer.
- Lurching - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Lurch
- Lurchline - n. - The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.