Lunge Definition
lŭnj
lunged, lunges, lunging
noun
lunges
A sudden thrust with a sword or other weapon.
Webster's New World
A sudden plunge forward.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
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verb
lunged, lunges, lunging
To make a sudden thrust or pass.
American Heritage
To make a lunge or move with a lunge.
Webster's New World
To cause to lunge; thrust with a lunge.
Webster's New World
To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
Wiktionary
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Origin of Lunge
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From alteration of obsolete allonge to thrust from French allonger from Old French alongier to lengthen a- to (from Latin ad- ad–) long long (from Latin longus del-1 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus.
From Wiktionary
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