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Definitionen

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lurch
     1. Schlingern, Ruck
     2. taumeln, schlingern
Englisch > Englisch
lurch
     1. subst. A sudden or unsteady movement.
           the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard
     2. v. To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
     3. v. (obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
     4. subst. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
     5. subst. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch.
     6. v. (obsolete, transitive) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
     7. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To rob.
     8. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk.

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Beispielsätze

I'm not going to leave you in the lurch
Another downward lurch in equities would make deflation even more likely. 
Nor do I search the church of lurch besmirched! 



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