lunge

Meaning

Noun

1. A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
2. 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. An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
4. A fish, the namaycush.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
2. (transitive) To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).

Synonyms

thrust

rush

stab

lurch

plunge

dash

💨

pass

straight thrust

charge

hurtle

dive

jab

attack

👊

passado

prod

swoop

hurl

nosedive

fly

✈️

nudge

pick at

plummet

plunging

plunk

poke

propel

raid

reel

regurgitate

run

scoot

shoot

sprint

spurt

start

stoop

strike

tear

thong

tilt

totter

unleash

zoom

shower down

swoop down

power dive

lungeing cavesson

assault

ramps

barge

Translations

embestida

affondo

ξιφισμός

ξιφίζω

hamle

👊

impulso

arremetida

στίβος

avventarsi

affondare

impulsionar

εφορμώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lʌnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus. Doublet of allonge.