lunge

¹ American  

[luhnj] / lʌndʒ /

noun

1. a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.

2. any sudden forward movement; plunge.

   Synonyms:

   lurch, charge, rush

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verb (used without object)

lunged, lunging

1. to make a lunge or thrust; move with a lunge.

verb (used with object)

lunged, lunging

1. to thrust (something) forward; cause to move with a lunge.

   lunging his finger accusingly.

lunge ² American  

[luhnj] / lʌndʒ /

noun

lunged, lunging

1. longe.

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lunge ¹ British  

/ lʌndʒ /

noun

1. a sudden forward motion

2. fencing a thrust made by advancing the front foot and straightening the back leg, extending the sword arm forwards

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verb

1. to move or cause to move with a lunge

2. (intr) fencing to make a lunge

lunge ² British  

/ lʌndʒ /

noun

1. a rope used in training or exercising a horse

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verb

1. (tr) to exercise or train (a horse) on a lunge

Other Word Forms

• lunger noun

Etymology

Origin of lunge¹

1725–35; earlier longe for French allonge (noun; construed as a longe ), allonger (v.) to lengthen, extend, deliver (blows) < Vulgar Latin *allongāre, for Late Latin ēlongāre to elongate

Origin of lunge²

Variant of longe < French; longe, lune ²

Example Sentences

It could involve kettle bells, dumbbells, walking lunges, pull ups, squatting.

From The Wall Street Journal

With all its starts and stops, twists and turns, reaches and lunges, pickleball is busting the Medicare bank, with a few hundred million dollars’ worth of injuries each year.

From Los Angeles Times

Gene feels me sliding away and—risking worse trouble with Ms. Wilson— lunges out at me.

From Literature

For Safdie, that process entails going to a vulnerable place with his composer, lunging for the feelings as best he can.

From Los Angeles Times

Jabs were scarce; instead, the fight descended into clinches from Clarke and heavy leaning from TKV, with lunging, telegraphed punches punctuating the action.

From BBC

Related Words

• bound
• leap
• lurch
• poke
• stab
• thrust