Definition of lurch

• v. i. - To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
• n. - An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
• n. - A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
• v. t. - To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
• v. t. - To steal; to rob.
• n. - 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.
• v. i. - To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
• v. i. - To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
• v. i. - To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.