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View synonyms for lunge

lunge

1

[ luhnj ]

noun

  1. a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
  2. any sudden forward movement; plunge.

    Synonyms: lurch, charge, rush



verb (used without object)

, lunged, lung·ing.
  1. to make a lunge or thrust; move with a lunge.

verb (used with object)

, lunged, lung·ing.
  1. to thrust (something) forward; cause to move with a lunge:

    lunging his finger accusingly.

lunge

2

[ luhnj ]

noun

, lunged, lung·ing.

lunge

1

/ lʌndʒ /

noun

  1. a rope used in training or exercising a horse


verb

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

lunge

2

/ 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

verb

  1. to move or cause to move with a lunge
  2. intr fencing to make a lunge

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Derived Forms

  • ˈlunger, noun

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Word History and Origins

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lunge1

C17: from Old French longe, shortened from allonge, ultimately from Latin longus long 1; related to lunge 1

Origin of lunge2

C18: shortened form of obsolete C17 allonge, from French allonger to stretch out (one's arm), from Late Latin ēlongāre to lengthen. Compare elongate

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Example Sentences

I imagine he made an ungainly lunge at her, which she again rejected and which left her seriously upset.

Dawn Hochsprung was a beloved principal who lost her life trying to lunge at the gunman.

Think like a fencer: parry on Medicare; lunge at the stimulus.

In effect, what I did was lunge and force the issue, thereby ruining the mood.

From the movement behind him Marius guessed almost by instinct that Garnache had drawn back for a lunge.

Althotas eyed the speaker like a fencer watching his antagonist make a lunge which lays him open to defeat.

But this only exasperated the old man the more, and he made a lunge at the confidence man's throat.

It whipped around and made a lunge at Songbird's foot, but the youth was too nimble and leaped on the bed.

As Scotty yelled, Colin vaguely—for everything seemed reeling about him—saw Hank lunge with the long steel lance.

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