lurcher

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7

Definition of lurcher

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
  2. A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
    ““Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.”
  3. A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.
  4. (obsolete)A glutton; a voracious eater
    “Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh”

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Etymology

From lurch + -er. See lurch (“to lurk, lie in wait”).

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