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lunge

About 0.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
  4. noun A fish, the namaycush.
  5. verb To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
    I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.
  6. verb To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).

Similar words

thrust hurl hurtle lurch nitrometer tilt stuck charge lancing dart

Often followed by

at and for forward of to with toward into

Word family

longe lunged lunges lunging

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