lurch

:  a decisive defeat in which an opponent wins a game by more than double the defeated player's score especially in cribbage

1 archaic :  to leave in the lurch

2 :  to defeat by a lurch (as in cribbage)

1 :  a sudden roll of a ship to one side

2 :  an abrupt jerking, swaying, or tipping movement the car moved forward with a lurch; also :  stagger 2

1 :  to roll or tip abruptly :  pitch

2 :  to move with a lurch suddenly lurched forward; also :  stagger has lurched from crisis to crisis — Jere Longman

:  a sudden swaying, tipping, or jerking movement

:  to move with a sudden swaying, tipping, or jerking motion The boat lurched in rough seas.