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Today's word: lungelʌndʒ
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word lunge
Princeton's WordNet
lurch, lunge(noun)
the act of moving forward suddenly
lunge, straight thrust, passado(verb)
(fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward
lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust(verb)
make a thrusting forward movement
Wiktionary
lunge(Noun)
A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
lunge(Noun)
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 is used to control the animal while lungeing.
lunge(Noun)
An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning back to a standing position.
lunge(Verb)
To make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
lunge(Verb)
To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
Origin: From allonge, from alonge, from alongier, from *allongare, from ad + longare, from longus.
ChatGPT
lunge
A lunge is a physical movement involving a step forward with one foot while bending the front knee and dropping the back knee towards the ground. It's a common exercise used to strengthen the lower body, particularly the thighs and hips. Additionally, in fencing, a lunge is a sudden forward thrust or attack with a weapon.
Webster Dictionary
Lunge(noun)
a sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword
Lunge(verb)
to make a lunge
Lunge(verb)
to cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter
Lunge(noun)
same as Namaycush
Origin: [Also spelt longe, fr. allonge. See Allonge, Long.]
Wikidata
Lunge
A lunge can refer to any position of the human body where one leg is positioned forward with knee bent and foot flat on the ground while the other leg is positioned behind. It is used by athletes in cross-training for sports, by weight-trainers as a fitness exercise, and by yogis as part of an asana regimen.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lunge
lunj, n. a sudden thrust in fencing.—v.i. to give such.—v.t. to cause to plunge. [Fr. allonger, to lengthen—L. ad, to, longus, long.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
lunge
[a corruption of allonge]. A pass or thrust with a sword; a shove with a boarding-pike.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
lunge
(a corruption of allonge). A pass or thrust with a sword; a shove with a boarding-pike.
lunge
In fencing and bayonet exercise, an extended thrust.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lunge in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lunge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of lunge in a Sentence
I kind of slide and my foot is stuck in the mud, and the next thing I know, I see the lunge, he starts clamping down pretty tight and he started to pull, and the next thing I do, I instantly, here's my fingers, I poke through the eye.
His fingers were like two finger holes in the blade and lunged at the congressman. And Congressman Zeldin blocked the first lunge. And then as he tried to lunge again, I grabbed him from behind and tackled him down to the ground and held him on the ground.
His right hand came up, I assume out of his pocket, and he had a blade on his hand, his fingers were like two finger holes in the blade and lunged at the congressman. And Congressman Zeldin blocked the first lunge. And then as he tried to lunge again, I grabbed him from behind and tackled him down to the ground and held him on the ground.
It's become a security problem to bring trucks to big supermarket stores, this wasn't a problem before, but now with these queues, people see a truck and they lunge for it.
It was as if, you know, if you were to lunge at somebody, if anybody were to lunge, Richie McGinniss would probably stop Richie McGinniss, you know, from falling face down on the ground, but the shots were fired in the exact instance that Joseph Rosenbaum momentum was going forward and that continued until Joseph Rosenbaum landed on the ground.
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