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2 n [C]
[Sense: 1; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Origin unknown.]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: lurch 'defeat in the card game cribbage' (16-21 centuries), perhaps from early French lourche a game similar to backgammon]
a sudden movement
::The train gave a violent lurch.
leave sb in the lurch
to leave someone at a time when you should stay and help them