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    [Verb]  | "lurch" | \ ˈlərch \


    1: to move with a lurch; also : stagger

    2: to roll or tip abruptly : pitch


    Origin: circa 1828 ;

    [Verb]  | "lurch" 


    1: to defeat by a lurch (as in cribbage)

    2: to leave in the lurch


    Origin: circa 1651 ;

     See: ;

    [Verb]  | "lurch" 


    1: to loiter about a place furtively : prowl

    2: cheat

    3: steal


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English lorchen, probably alteration of lurken to lurk;

    [Noun]  | "lurch" 


    1: an abrupt jerking, swaying, or tipping movement; also : stagger

    2: a sudden roll of a ship to one side


    Origin: 1805 ;

     Origin unknown;

    [Noun]  | "lurch" 


    1: a decisive defeat in which an opponent wins a game by more than double the defeated player's score especially in cribbage


    Origin: 1598 ;

     Middle French lourche, adjective, defeated by a lurch, deceived;

    [Idiom]  | "leave (someone) in the lurch" 


    1: to leave (someone) without help or protection when it is needed

    [Verb]  | "lurch" 


    1: to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions;


      * e.g., " ... the room lurched with every jolt of the earthquake "



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    2: to move forward while swaying from side to side;


      * e.g., " ... dressed in his zombie costume, the boy lurched down the street in his quest for Halloween candy "



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    [Noun]  | "lurch" 


     [ "lurch" ]

    1: huge male person (Addams Family)

      * e.g.,  ... You big lurch looking muther fucker 

     [ "lurch" ]

    1: a massive person- really tall and lanky

      * e.g.,  ... stopp hoggin the boards, just cuz ur a lurch. 

     [ "lurch" ]

    1: see poser; a lurch is somebody who walks int conversations they aren't meant to be in or acts in a way that they shouldn't// can be a noun or verb

      * e.g.,  ... 1)dude, quit lurcin off me 

     [ "lurch" ]

    1: a person that creeps on his or her significant other on social networking websites to check for any irregularities such as cheating, flirting and other things.

      * e.g.,  ... Ex. 

     [ "lurch" ]

    1: to unintentionally accelerate an object or one's self causing major wreckage to the object or self

      * e.g.,  ... The S4 just decided to lurch toward a curb/tree and now it's completely totaled 

     [ "lurch" ]

    1: The physical motion whereby it is attempted by an individual, usually labouring under excessive intoxication, to forcefully lock lips with an unsuspecting female. The gesture is usually initiated from a considerable distance so as to take the victim by surprise.

      * e.g.,  ... Andrew: 'Dude did you see David lurch all those girls at the ball on Friday?' 

     [ "lurch" ]

    1: the act of spraying saliva that's emitted from the salivatory gland underneath the tongue.(central Indiana origin) syn. snake (southeastern Kentucky origin)

      * e.g.,  ... "dude, did you just lurch on me?" 

     [ "lurch" ]

    1: a male in his late teens or early twenties that hits on teenage girls, even after being given the knowledge that she is underage, and she has hinted/told him to back off.

      * e.g.,  ... That lurch i gave my number to at the mall wont stop calling me! 

     [ "lurch" ]

    1: act of eating bitches faces and lungs

      * e.g.,  ... yo the guy got life in prison for committing a lurch 

     [ "lurch" ]

    1: To fall asleep durring a party

      * e.g.,  ... Why does Patty always lurch the sofa before the party really even starts? 


     [ "lurch" ]

    2: usually on drugs or drunk.

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