LURCH

vt to leave in the lurch; to cheat.

2. lurch ·vt to steal; to rob.

3. lurch ·vi to roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.

4. lurch ·noun an old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.

5. lurch ·vi to withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.

6. lurch ·vi to dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

7. lurch ·vi to swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

8. lurch ·noun a double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.

9. lurch ·noun 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.