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noun
1.
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
2.
any sudden forward movement; plunge.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make a lunge or thrust; move with a lunge.
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verb (used with object)
4.
to thrust (something) forward; cause to move with a lunge: lunging his finger accusingly.
Origin:
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
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
Synonyms
2. rush, charge, lurch.
2. rush, charge, lurch.
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Word Origin & History
lunge
1735, "a thrust with a sword," originally a fencing term, shortened from allonge, from Fr. allonger "to extend, thrust," from O.Fr. alongier "to lengthen, make long," from à "to" + O.Fr. long, from L. longus "long" (see long (adj.)). The verb is attested from 1809; the
EXPANDsense of "to make a sudden forward rush" is from 1821.
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