Lurch

Definition:

  • (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.

Compare lurch with other words:

curch vs. lurch

jiggle vs. lurch

larch vs. lurch

lunch vs. lurch

belched vs. lurch

betray vs. lurch

lurch vs. sway

jolt vs. lurch

lurch vs. tilt

lean vs. lurch

lurch vs. stagger

lurch vs. tumble

lurch vs. teeter

devour vs. lurch

eat vs. lurch

lurch vs. swallow

lurch vs. movement

lurch vs. sudden

lurch vs. unsteady

lurch vs. wobble

careen vs. lurch

cant vs. lurch

jerk vs. lurch