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 Definitions of lunge  [ʌndʒ]  

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Definition of 'lunge' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lunge
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.

2.  lunge
any sudden forward movement; plunge.

3. (v.i.) lunge
to make a lunge or thrust; move with a lunge.

4. (v.t.) lunge
to thrust (something) forward; cause to lunge:
lunging a finger accusingly.

Etymology:  (1725–35; earlier longe for F allonge (n.; construed as a longe), allonger (v.) to lengthen, extend, deliver (blows) < VL *allongāre, for LL ēlongāre to elongate)

Definition of 'lunge' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) lurch, lunge
the act of moving forward suddenly

2. (verb) lunge, straight thrust, passado
(fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward

3. (verb) lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
make a thrusting forward movement


Definition of 'lunge' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) lunge
to throw your body forward
She lunged at/toward him, grabbing the knife.; to make a lunge for sth


Definition of 'lunge' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) lunge
a sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword

2. (noun) lunge
same as Namaycush

3. (verb) lunge
to make a lunge

4. (verb) lunge
to cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter


Translation of 'lunge' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to make a sudden strong or violent forward movement
Her attacker lunged at her with a knife.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stoot, steek, skop Arabic flag Arabic: يَنْدَفِع نَحْو العَدو Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мушвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: atirar-se a Czech flag Czech: zaútočit German flag German: losstürzen auf
Danish flag Danish: kaste sig Greek flag Greek: ρίχνομαι, ορμώ εναντίον κ Spanish flag Spanish: embestir
Estonian flag Estonian: torkama Farsi flag Farsi: ناگهان حمله کردن Finnish flag Finnish: syöksyä
French flag French: faire un mouvement brusqu Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְזַנֵק Hindi flag Hindi: आगे कूदना
Croatian flag Croatian: naglo udariti Hungarian flag Hungarian: megtámad Indonesian flag Indonesian: menghambur, menyerang, me
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stökkva snögglega á Italian flag Italian: scagliarsi contro Japanese flag Japanese: 突く
Korean flag Korean: 돌진하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pulti, mestis Latvian flag Latvian: mesties; rauties uz priek
Malay flag Malay: menerkam Dutch flag Dutch: uitvallen Norwegian flag Norwegian: kaste seg fram; gjøre utf
Polish flag Polish: rzucić się, skoczyć Persian flag Persian: ناگهان حمله کردن Pashto flag Pashto: ناڅاپه وار كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: atirar-se a Romanian flag Romanian: a se arunca (înainte) Russian flag Russian: броситься вперёд
Slovak flag Slovak: zaútočiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: planiti Serbian flag Serbian: napasti
Swedish flag Swedish: göra ett utfall Thai flag Thai: พุ่งไปข้างหน้า Turkish flag Turkish: saldırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 突然撲向 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кинутися Urdu flag Urdu: اچانک لپک پڑنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đâm mạnh Chinese flag Chinese: 突然向前冲

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