According to the search results, a lurch can refer to a sudden, uncontrolled movement or swaying motion. It can also refer to a decisive defeat in which an opponent wins a game by more than double the defeated players score, especially in cribbage. As a verb, it means to move in a way that is not regular or normal, especially making sudden movements backward or forward or from side to side. It can also mean to defeat by a lurch or to leave in the lurch. In addition, it can be used as a dialectal term in England to mean to loiter about a place furtively or prowl.