| lurch |
verb i. |
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., A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch., To leave in the lurch; to cheat., To steal; to rob., 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 roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man., To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk., To dodge; to shift; to play tricks. |