To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

(obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. / A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has not yet pegged his/her 31st hole.

(obsolete, transitive) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat. / (obsolete, intransitive) To rob. / (obsolete, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk.

Shocking, horrifying. / Melodramatic. / Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance. / Being of a light yellow hue. / (botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.

(idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.

present participle of lurch

the action of the verb to lurch

plural of lure

plural of lurching