LURCH

Lurch

Lurch is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams as a manservant to The Addams Family. In the original television series, Lurch was played by Ted Cassidy, who used the famous catchphrase: "You rang?" originated by the character Maynard G. Krebs in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. When the phrase was delivered in the actor's slow-motion basso-profondo voice, producers found it so funny that it was incorporated in the show, where the Lurch character had originally been intended to be nonspeaking. Cassidy also voiced the character in the first animated series, as well as the episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies ...

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lurch

Noun

  1. A sudden or unsteady movement.
    the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
  2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch.

Verb

  1. To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
  2. To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
  3. To steal; to rob.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.


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