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lunge1

Pronunciation: /lʌn(d)ʒ/

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Definition of lunge

noun

  • a sudden forward thrust of the body, typically with an arm outstretched to attack someone or seize something:Lucy made a lunge for Gabriel’s wrist a crude lunge at United’s goalscorer
  • the basic attacking move in fencing, in which the leading foot is thrust forward close to the floor with the knee bent while the back leg remains straightened.
  • an exercise or gymnastic movement resembling the lunge of a fencer.

verb (lunges, lungeing or lunging, lunged)

[no object, with adverbial of direction]
  • make a lunge:McCulloch raised his cudgel and lunged at him John lunged forward and grabbed him by the throat
  • [with object and adverbial of direction] make a sudden forward thrust with (a part of the body or a weapon):Billy lunged his spear at the fish

Origin:

mid 18th century: from earlier allonge, from French allonger 'lengthen'

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