Assertion: lurch | /r/HasProperty | obsolete
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text: In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between lurch and jerk is that lurch is (obsolete) to swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up while jerk is (obsolete) to flout with contempt.
text: As verbs the difference between lurch and jerk is that lurch is to make such a sudden, unsteady movement or lurch can be (obsolete) to swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up while jerk is to make a sudden uncontrolled movement or jerk can be to cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
text: As verbs the difference between lurch and stagger is that lurch is to make such a sudden, unsteady movement or lurch can be (obsolete) to swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up while stagger is sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
text: As verbs the difference between lurch and lean is that lurch is to make such a sudden, unsteady movement or lurch can be (obsolete) to swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up while lean is to incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating or lean can be to thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen or lean can be to conceal.