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lurch
A	noun
	1	lurch, stumble, stagger
			an unsteady uneven gait
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚locomotion; travel ╚walk; walking ╚gait ╚lurch, stumble, stagger
	2	lurch, lunge
			the act of moving forward suddenly
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚lurch, lunge
	3	lurch, pitch, pitching
			abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move; motility ╚lurch, pitch, pitching ╚rock; careen; sway; tilt
	4	lurch
			a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚ending; conclusion; finish ╚defeat; licking ╚lurch
B	verb
	1	lurch, skunk
			defeat by a lurch
		Category Tree: get the better of; overcome; defeat ╚lurch, skunk
	2	lurch, pitch, shift
			move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
		Category Tree: move ╚lurch, pitch, shift
	3	stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen
			walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚walk ╚stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen
	4	lurch
			move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚lurch
	5	prowl, lurch
			loiter about, with no apparent aim
		Category Tree: be ╚loiter; lounge; footle; lollygag; loaf; lallygag; hang around; mess about; tarry; linger; lurk; mill about; mill around ╚prowl, lurch

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