lurch

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

lurcheslorch

1.
A sudden or unsteady movement.
the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard
2.
(dialectal)A lift or heave.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A predicament or difficult situation.
to leave someone in the lurch
4.
(countable, uncountable)An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
5.
(countable, uncountable)A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole.
August 14, 1784, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway Lady Blandford has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.

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verb

V_es/s

lurches

V_ing/Gerund

lurching

V_ed/pp

lurchedlorch

1.
To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
2.
(obsolete)To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
3.
(dialectal, intransitive)To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.
4.
(dialectal, intransitive)To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.
5.
(obsolete, transitive)To rob.
6.
(transitive)To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
7.
(obsolete, transitive)To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.

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lurchingly lurcherlurchyleave someone in the lurchleft in the lurchleave someone in the lurch, left in the lurch

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Nguồn gốc từ

Originally a nautical term, found in lee-larches, of origin. Possibly the same as lurch (to move stealthily, evade by stooping) (see below), or from French lâcher (to let go).