LURCH
\lˈɜːt͡ʃ], \lˈɜːtʃ], \l_ˈɜː_tʃ]\
Definitions of LURCH
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
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defeat by a lurch
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walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
By Princeton University
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To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
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An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
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A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
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To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
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To steal; to rob.
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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.
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To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
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To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
By Oddity Software
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To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
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An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
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A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
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To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
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To steal; to rob.
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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.
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To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
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To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
By Noah Webster.
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A sudden roll to one side, as of a ship; a swaying, staggering motion; a difficult or forlorn position; as, to be left in the lurch.
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To roll or stagger suddenly to one side.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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TO LEAVE IN THE, to leave in a difficult situation, or without help.
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To evade by stooping, to lurk: to roll or pitch suddenly to one side (as a ship).
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A sudden roll of a ship to one side.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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