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lunge en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /lɐnd͡ʒ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (California) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lʌnd͡ʒ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

  1. A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
    • A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd. 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
longe alternative lexicographic
lunges Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

lunge whip

Translations (35)

fi askelkyykky (exercise) · pl wykrok (exercise) · es embestida (sudden movement) · it affondo (exercise) · bg напад (sudden movement) · pt afundo (exercise) · ro fandare (exercise) · pl rzut (sudden movement) · it allungo (sudden movement) · he זינוק (sudden movement) · cs výpad (sudden movement) · da stød (sudden movement) · he תנועה קדימה עם חרב (sudden movement) · es embestida (exercise) · ru вы́пад (exercise) · fr bond (vers l'avant) (sudden movement) · it affondo (sudden movement) · da udfald (sudden movement) · sv attack (sudden movement) · pt passada (exercise) · de Ausfallschritt (exercise) · pt impulso (sudden movement) · bg мушкане (sudden movement) · mi whātoro (sudden movement) · fr fente (exercise) · bg на́пад (exercise) · cs výpad (exercise) · pl sztych (sudden movement) · sv utfall (sudden movement) · ru вы́пад (sudden movement) · uk ви́пад (exercise) · fi syöksy (sudden movement) · cs skok vpřed (sudden movement) · sv utfall (exercise) · de Ausfall (sudden movement)

lunge en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /lɐnd͡ʒ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (California) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lʌnd͡ʒ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
    • I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.
    • With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him! 2004, Louis L'Amour, Rustlers of West Fork:
  2. (transitive) To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lunging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
longe alternative lexicographic
lunged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lunged Tense=Past lexicographic
lungeing Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres rare lexicographic
lunges Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

lungeing cavesson · lungeing rein

Translations (20)

ru бро́ситься (to make a sudden movement) · cs vrhnout se (vpřed) (to make a sudden movement) · es varear (to work a horse in a circle around a handler) · de ausfallen (to make a sudden movement) · pl rzucić się (to make a sudden movement) · sv göra ett utfall (to make a sudden movement) · az atılmaq (to make a sudden movement) · bg устремявам се (to make a sudden movement) · pt impulsionar (to make a sudden movement) · fi juoksuttaa (to work a horse in a circle around a handler) · hu futószáraz (to work a horse in a circle around a handler) · ru ри́нуться (to make a sudden movement) · sv störta (mot någon) (to make a sudden movement) · de losstürzen (to make a sudden movement) · bg водя кон по кръг (to work a horse in a circle around a handler) · cs skočit (to make a sudden movement) · es lanzarse (to make a sudden movement) · fi syöksyä (to make a sudden movement) · cs udělat výpad (to make a sudden movement) · cs lonžovat (to work a horse in a circle around a handler)