lurch

Etymology 1
Originally a nautical term, possibly from.

Noun

 * 1) A sudden or unsteady movement.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German: Schlingern ,
 * Italian: barcollio, sbilanciamento,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1) To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: накланям се, клатушкам се
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: похитуватися, хитатися

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1)  To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

Etymology 3
From (implied in derivative ), from, from. Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
 * 2) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has not yet pegged his/her 31st hole.
 * 3) * August 14, 1784,, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway
 * Lady Blandford has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.

Verb

 * 1)  To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
 * 2)  To rob.
 * 3)  To evade by stooping; to lurk.
 * 4)  To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch double score as explained under noun entry.
 * 1)  To evade by stooping; to lurk.
 * 2)  To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch double score as explained under noun entry.