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lunged¹

  • /lʌnd͡ʒd/

Rhymes with -ʌndʒd

Where it comes from

From lunge + -ed.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of lunge

lunged²

  • /lʌŋd/

Rhymes with -ʌŋd

Where it comes from

From lung + -ed.

adjective

  1. in compounds, not comparable, often Having lungs (of a specified type). He had grown a big strong fellow, but I had no difficulty in identifying the little squinting child, who begged, and sold flowers and songs in public-house bars, with the strong loud-lunged vendor of mackerel.

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"lunged." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lunged. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lunged. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lunged

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"lunged." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lunged.

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@misc{lunged_2026,
  title = {lunged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lunged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}