'Lunge' definitions:
Definition of 'lunge'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of moving forward suddenly [syn: lurch, lunge]
noun
(fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward [syn: lunge, straight thrust, passado]
verb
Definition of 'Lunge'
From: GCIDE
- Lunge \Lunge\, n. [Also spelt longe, fr. allonge. See Allonge, Long.] A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lunge'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Lunge'
From: GCIDE
- Lunge \Lunge\, v. t. To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lunge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- barge,
- bound,
- bowl along,
- bundle,
- charge,
- clump,
- cut,
- cut and thrust,
- dash,
- dive,
- drag,
- feint,
- flail at,
- flail away at,
- flounce,
- foot,
- footslog,
- halt,
- hippety-hop,
- hit,
- hit at,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- home thrust,
- hop,
- jab,
- jog,
- jolt,
- jump,
- lash out at,
- leap,
- let drive at,
- let fly at,
- limp,
- lumber,
- lunge at,
- lurch,
- mince,
- pace,
- paddle,
- pass,
- peg,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- plod,
- plunge,
- poke at,
- pounce,
- prance,
- rack,
- roll,
- rush,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- shamble,
- shuffle,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- skip,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- spring,
- stab,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- stomp,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- stride,
- strike,
- strike at,
- strike out at,
- stroll,
- strut,
- stump,
- swagger,
- swing,
- swing at,
- swing on,
- thrust,
- thrust at,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- totter,
- traipse,
- trip,
- trudge,
- waddle,
- wamble,
- wiggle,
- wobble
Words containing 'Lunge'
- Lung,
- Lunged,
- Lunging,
- Aqua Lung,
- Emphysema of the lungs,
- Lung fever,
- Lung flower,
- Lung lichen,
- Lung sac,
- Silver lunge,
- black lung,
- book lung,
- farmer's lung,
- iron lung,
- lobe of the lung,
- lung cancer,
- thresher's lung,
- wet lung,
- white lung,
- Lung-grown,
- aqua-lung,
- black lung disease,
- coal miner's lung,
- lung-like,
- lung-power,
- heart-lung machine