lunge
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lunge
- /lʌnd͡ʒ/ Canada, US, UK
- /lɐnd͡ʒ/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ʌndʒ
Where it comes from
From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus. Doublet of allonge.
noun lunges · longe
- A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword. A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd.
- A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.
- An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
- A fish, the namaycush.
verb lunges · lungeing · lunging · lunged · longe
- To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging). I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.
- To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
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noun sudden movement
| Español | embestida |
|---|---|
| Português | impulso |
| Français | bond (vers l'avant) |
| Deutsch | Ausfall |
| Italiano | allungo, affondo |
| Русский | вы́пад výpad |
| עברית | זינוק, תנועה קדימה עם חרב |
noun exercise
| Español | embestida |
|---|---|
| Português | passada, afundo |
| Français | fente |
| Deutsch | Ausfallschritt |
| Italiano | affondo |
| Română | fandare |
| Русский | вы́пад výpad |
verb to make a sudden movement
| Español | lanzarse |
|---|---|
| Português | impulsionar |
| Deutsch | losstürzen, ausfallen |
| Русский | ри́нуться rínutʹsja, бро́ситься brósitʹsja |
verb to work a horse in a circle around a handler
| Español | varear |
|---|
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title = {lunge},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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