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| lurch | |
| 1. n. A sudden or unsteady movement. |  |
| the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard | |
| 2. v. To make such a sudden, unsteady movement. | |
| 3. v. (obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. | |
| 4. n. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. | |
| 5. n. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch. | |
| 6. v. (obsolete, transitive) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat. | |
| 7. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To rob. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk. | |
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