lunge
Use Lunge in a sentence
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.
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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World English Dictionary
lunge1 (lʌndʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to move or cause to move with a lunge |
| 4. | (intr) fencing to make a lunge |
| [C18: shortened form of obsolete C17 allonge, from French allonger to stretch out (one's arm), from Late Latin ēlongāre to lengthen. Compare | |
| 'lunger1 | |
| —n | |
| lunge2 (lʌndʒ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a rope used in training or exercising a horse |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to exercise or train (a horse) on a lunge |
| [C17: from Old French longe, shortened from allonge, ultimately from Latin longus | |
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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
sense of "to make a sudden forward rush" is from 1821.
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Example sentences
The dancer makes a last bone-juddering lunge, freezes, and then staggers drunkenly off to the wings.
The lunge strengthens the muscles of the upper leg and hips.
Then he would surge into a moment's jazzy lunge or pivot.
If you lunge at this opportunity, however, the story comes out all wrong.
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