Definition of lurcher in English:

lurcher

noun ˈləːtʃəˈlərtʃər

1British A cross-bred dog, typically a retriever, collie, or sheepdog crossed with a greyhound, of a kind originally used for hunting and by poachers for catching rabbits.
Example sentencesExamples
- Performances by the lurcher dog display team, horse shoe making competitions and displays by Otley Ferret Welfare, vintage tractors and dry stone walling, gave everyone something to look at.
- Vinnie hunts rabbits for the pot with his three lurchers and maintains that his way of killing them is as humane as any alternative.
- Grandad started to shake me, like a lurcher with a baby rabbit.
- Annie is a lurcher - a crossbred dog - who was rescued by members of Limerick Animal Welfare following day and night searches in Castletroy.
- He had an abundance of dogs which he raised and trained, including lurchers, spaniels, Labradors, Jack Russells and whippets.
- These mixed dogs were called lurchers, and many of them and their descendants ended up registered as Border Collies.
- The date is also traditionally the first day of hunting meets and foxhounds, lurchers, greyhounds, beagles, minkhounds, terriers and other hunting dogs will all be taken along to Higham.
- The dogs, which are being cared for at York Animal Centre, include Yorkshire terriers, lurchers, German shepherds and crossbreeds.
- The dogs range from puppies to an 18-year-old and include two lurchers, two German shepherds, 15 Yorkshire terriers and up to 20 other terriers.
- Some underfeed their whippets, lurchers, or greyhounds, because they mistakenly think these breeds are meant to be stick-thin.
- He started hunting with his own scratch pack of lurchers and terriers.
- There was something about the place, something in the air - not so much a smell, as an aura - that made you check your step, as if you were a rabbit sensing a lurking lurcher.
- That bloody lurcher cross breed was there again.
- In addition, according to the Cobham Report, there are 70,000 people with lurchers used for hunting hares.
- If fast running dogs such as greyhounds or lurchers were used to hunt foxes, the whole thing would be over in seconds, but then there would be no ‘sport’.
- There will be three rings at the dog show for greyhounds, lurchers, whippets and any other breeds.
- In 1824 dogs used by farmers for shepherding were greyhounds, hounds, pointers, spaniels, lurchers and terriers all of which were exempted from the dog tax if the value of the farm was less than £190 per year.
- But hunt supporters want to show the battle has only just begun and will mass 1,000 hounds, lurchers, terriers, and gundogs outside.
- We were going to get a house and he wanted to get a lurcher puppy.
- That would be partly because a lot of landowners are killing hares to keep lurchers and poachers off their land.
Synonyms
spy, secret agent, undercover agent, operative, fifth columnist, mata hari
2archaic A prowler, swindler, or petty thief.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the following months, she went with Ye every afternoon after work to catch lurchers.
- After a fortnight of failure, a villager reported that the lurcher repeatedly visited one isolated house.
- Crab, in this case, is played by a somnambulant lurcher called Ria.

Origin

Early 16th century (in sense 2): from obsolete lurch 'remain in a place furtively', variant of lurk.

Rhymes

nurture, percher, searcher

Definition of lurcher in US English:

lurcher

nounˈlərCHərˈlərtʃər

1British A crossbred dog, typically a retriever, collie, or sheepdog crossed with a greyhound, of a kind originally used for hunting and by poachers for catching rabbits.
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1824 dogs used by farmers for shepherding were greyhounds, hounds, pointers, spaniels, lurchers and terriers all of which were exempted from the dog tax if the value of the farm was less than £190 per year.
- He started hunting with his own scratch pack of lurchers and terriers.
- The date is also traditionally the first day of hunting meets and foxhounds, lurchers, greyhounds, beagles, minkhounds, terriers and other hunting dogs will all be taken along to Higham.
- These mixed dogs were called lurchers, and many of them and their descendants ended up registered as Border Collies.
- He had an abundance of dogs which he raised and trained, including lurchers, spaniels, Labradors, Jack Russells and whippets.
- The dogs range from puppies to an 18-year-old and include two lurchers, two German shepherds, 15 Yorkshire terriers and up to 20 other terriers.
- There will be three rings at the dog show for greyhounds, lurchers, whippets and any other breeds.
- There was something about the place, something in the air - not so much a smell, as an aura - that made you check your step, as if you were a rabbit sensing a lurking lurcher.
- That would be partly because a lot of landowners are killing hares to keep lurchers and poachers off their land.
- We were going to get a house and he wanted to get a lurcher puppy.
- Grandad started to shake me, like a lurcher with a baby rabbit.
- Some underfeed their whippets, lurchers, or greyhounds, because they mistakenly think these breeds are meant to be stick-thin.
- Vinnie hunts rabbits for the pot with his three lurchers and maintains that his way of killing them is as humane as any alternative.
- If fast running dogs such as greyhounds or lurchers were used to hunt foxes, the whole thing would be over in seconds, but then there would be no ‘sport’.
- In addition, according to the Cobham Report, there are 70,000 people with lurchers used for hunting hares.
- Performances by the lurcher dog display team, horse shoe making competitions and displays by Otley Ferret Welfare, vintage tractors and dry stone walling, gave everyone something to look at.
- Annie is a lurcher - a crossbred dog - who was rescued by members of Limerick Animal Welfare following day and night searches in Castletroy.
- That bloody lurcher cross breed was there again.
- The dogs, which are being cared for at York Animal Centre, include Yorkshire terriers, lurchers, German shepherds and crossbreeds.
- But hunt supporters want to show the battle has only just begun and will mass 1,000 hounds, lurchers, terriers, and gundogs outside.
Synonyms
spy, secret agent, undercover agent, operative, fifth columnist, mata hari
2archaic A prowler, swindler, or petty thief.
Example sentencesExamples
- After a fortnight of failure, a villager reported that the lurcher repeatedly visited one isolated house.
- Crab, in this case, is played by a somnambulant lurcher called Ria.
- In the following months, she went with Ye every afternoon after work to catch lurchers.

Origin

Early 16th century (in lurcher (sense 2)): from obsolete lurch ‘remain in a place furtively’, variant of lurk.

单词	lurcher
释义	Definition of lurcher in English: lurcher noun ˈləːtʃəˈlərtʃər 1British A cross-bred dog, typically a retriever, collie, or sheepdog crossed with a greyhound, of a kind originally used for hunting and by poachers for catching rabbits. Example sentencesExamples Performances by the lurcher dog display team, horse shoe making competitions and displays by Otley Ferret Welfare, vintage tractors and dry stone walling, gave everyone something to look at. Vinnie hunts rabbits for the pot with his three lurchers and maintains that his way of killing them is as humane as any alternative. Grandad started to shake me, like a lurcher with a baby rabbit. Annie is a lurcher - a crossbred dog - who was rescued by members of Limerick Animal Welfare following day and night searches in Castletroy. He had an abundance of dogs which he raised and trained, including lurchers, spaniels, Labradors, Jack Russells and whippets. These mixed dogs were called lurchers, and many of them and their descendants ended up registered as Border Collies. The date is also traditionally the first day of hunting meets and foxhounds, lurchers, greyhounds, beagles, minkhounds, terriers and other hunting dogs will all be taken along to Higham. The dogs, which are being cared for at York Animal Centre, include Yorkshire terriers, lurchers, German shepherds and crossbreeds. The dogs range from puppies to an 18-year-old and include two lurchers, two German shepherds, 15 Yorkshire terriers and up to 20 other terriers. Some underfeed their whippets, lurchers, or greyhounds, because they mistakenly think these breeds are meant to be stick-thin. He started hunting with his own scratch pack of lurchers and terriers. There was something about the place, something in the air - not so much a smell, as an aura - that made you check your step, as if you were a rabbit sensing a lurking lurcher. That bloody lurcher cross breed was there again. In addition, according to the Cobham Report, there are 70,000 people with lurchers used for hunting hares. If fast running dogs such as greyhounds or lurchers were used to hunt foxes, the whole thing would be over in seconds, but then there would be no ‘sport’. There will be three rings at the dog show for greyhounds, lurchers, whippets and any other breeds. In 1824 dogs used by farmers for shepherding were greyhounds, hounds, pointers, spaniels, lurchers and terriers all of which were exempted from the dog tax if the value of the farm was less than £190 per year. But hunt supporters want to show the battle has only just begun and will mass 1,000 hounds, lurchers, terriers, and gundogs outside. We were going to get a house and he wanted to get a lurcher puppy. That would be partly because a lot of landowners are killing hares to keep lurchers and poachers off their land. Synonyms spy, secret agent, undercover agent, operative, fifth columnist, mata hari 2archaic A prowler, swindler, or petty thief. Example sentencesExamples In the following months, she went with Ye every afternoon after work to catch lurchers. After a fortnight of failure, a villager reported that the lurcher repeatedly visited one isolated house. Crab, in this case, is played by a somnambulant lurcher called Ria. Origin Early 16th century (in sense 2): from obsolete lurch 'remain in a place furtively', variant of lurk. Rhymes nurture, percher, searcher Definition of lurcher in US English: lurcher nounˈlərCHərˈlərtʃər 1British A crossbred dog, typically a retriever, collie, or sheepdog crossed with a greyhound, of a kind originally used for hunting and by poachers for catching rabbits. Example sentencesExamples In 1824 dogs used by farmers for shepherding were greyhounds, hounds, pointers, spaniels, lurchers and terriers all of which were exempted from the dog tax if the value of the farm was less than £190 per year. He started hunting with his own scratch pack of lurchers and terriers. The date is also traditionally the first day of hunting meets and foxhounds, lurchers, greyhounds, beagles, minkhounds, terriers and other hunting dogs will all be taken along to Higham. These mixed dogs were called lurchers, and many of them and their descendants ended up registered as Border Collies. He had an abundance of dogs which he raised and trained, including lurchers, spaniels, Labradors, Jack Russells and whippets. The dogs range from puppies to an 18-year-old and include two lurchers, two German shepherds, 15 Yorkshire terriers and up to 20 other terriers. There will be three rings at the dog show for greyhounds, lurchers, whippets and any other breeds. There was something about the place, something in the air - not so much a smell, as an aura - that made you check your step, as if you were a rabbit sensing a lurking lurcher. That would be partly because a lot of landowners are killing hares to keep lurchers and poachers off their land. We were going to get a house and he wanted to get a lurcher puppy. Grandad started to shake me, like a lurcher with a baby rabbit. Some underfeed their whippets, lurchers, or greyhounds, because they mistakenly think these breeds are meant to be stick-thin. Vinnie hunts rabbits for the pot with his three lurchers and maintains that his way of killing them is as humane as any alternative. If fast running dogs such as greyhounds or lurchers were used to hunt foxes, the whole thing would be over in seconds, but then there would be no ‘sport’. In addition, according to the Cobham Report, there are 70,000 people with lurchers used for hunting hares. Performances by the lurcher dog display team, horse shoe making competitions and displays by Otley Ferret Welfare, vintage tractors and dry stone walling, gave everyone something to look at. Annie is a lurcher - a crossbred dog - who was rescued by members of Limerick Animal Welfare following day and night searches in Castletroy. That bloody lurcher cross breed was there again. The dogs, which are being cared for at York Animal Centre, include Yorkshire terriers, lurchers, German shepherds and crossbreeds. But hunt supporters want to show the battle has only just begun and will mass 1,000 hounds, lurchers, terriers, and gundogs outside. Synonyms spy, secret agent, undercover agent, operative, fifth columnist, mata hari 2archaic A prowler, swindler, or petty thief. Example sentencesExamples After a fortnight of failure, a villager reported that the lurcher repeatedly visited one isolated house. Crab, in this case, is played by a somnambulant lurcher called Ria. In the following months, she went with Ye every afternoon after work to catch lurchers. Origin Early 16th century (in lurcher (sense 2)): from obsolete lurch ‘remain in a place furtively’, variant of lurk.
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