lunge
verb
- to move forward suddenly
noun
- type of exercise
- sudden forward movement
- long rope attached to harness of a horse during exercise
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /lʌnd͡ʒ/ / /lɐnd͡ʒ/
noun
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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
- A fish, the namaycush.
verb
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.
- 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!”
- To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).