What (who) is lunge - definition
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Lunges; Lunge (disambiguation); Lunged; Lunging
lunge
(lunges, lunging, lunged)
If you lunge in a particular direction, you move in that direction suddenly and clumsily.
He lunged at me, grabbing me violently...
I lunged forward to try to hit him.
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
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Lunge is also a noun.
The attacker knocked on their door and made a lunge for Wendy when she answered.
N-COUNT: usu sing
lunge
lunge1
¦ noun a sudden forward movement of the body.
?a thrust in fencing, in which the leading leg is bent while the back leg remains straightened.
¦ verb (lunges, lungeing or lunging, lunged) make a lunge.
?make a sudden forward thrust with.
Origin
C18: from earlier allonge, from Fr. allonger 'lengthen'.
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lunge2
(also longe)
¦ noun a long rein on which a horse is made to move in a circle round its trainer.
¦ verb (lunges, lungeing, lunged) exercise (a horse or rider) on a lunge.
Origin
C18: from Fr. longe, from allonge 'lengthening out'.
lunge
I
n.
1) to make a lunge
2) a lunge at, towards
II
v. (D; intr.) to lunge at, for
Wikipedia
Lunge
Lunge refer to:
- Lunge (exercise), a weight training exercise
- Lunge (fencing), the fundamental offensive fencing technique
- Longeing, also spelled Lungeing or Lunging, a technique for training horses where a horse is asked to work at the end of a long line
- Lunge (surname), a surname
- Lunge feeding, an extreme feeding method used by some whales
- "LUNGE", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Detonator Orgun 2
Pronunciation examples for lunge
1. lunges.
Jillian Michaels _ Celebrity Trainers' Secrets Fittness _ Talks at Google
2. your lunge pattern, a standardized lunge
Connecting You to Your Movement Path _ Gray Cook _ Talks at Google
3. Do lunges.
A Diabetes Cure Designed for Diverse Cultures _ Ronesh Sinha _ Talks at Google
4. heart failure, lung failure --
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5. punctured his lung,
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Examples of use of lunge
1. With each lunge, feathers flew, then floated to the ground.
2. Some would lick human hands but lunge at other dogs.
3. As he did so, another man made a lunge for Vaughn’s holstered sidearm.
4. Tevez was lurking behind but his despairing lunge also failed to connect with the goal gaping.
5. The street lights passing on the Holloway Road, the fatal lunge, the dizzy shock of collapse.