(v): use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
(v): move abruptly
(v): move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
(v): move slowly and unsteadily
(v): change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
(v): loiter about, with no apparent aim
(v): be about
(v): defeat by a lurch
(v): win a victory over
(n): an unsteady uneven gait
(n): a person's manner of walking
(n): a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
(n): an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
(n): abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
(n): a change of position that does not entail a change of location
(n): the act of moving forward suddenly
(n): the act of changing location from one place to another
Also, the name of this guy. ;-)
a place where one may be left:
"However, he had learned the advantage of taking his time, and before he went he thought better of it, and, in fact, did not go at all {to see Celia}, but went to Paris for the autumn, which shows that girls shouldn't play fast and loose with the affections of small men with blue eyes, or they may find themselves left in the lurch."
– John Collier, the conclusion of the story "Halfway to Hell", Fancies and Goodnights