lunge

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /lʌndʒ/

Noun

lunge (plural lunges)

1. A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
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.

Translations

• German: Ausfall
• Italian: allungo, affondo
• Portuguese: impulso
• Russian: вы́пад
• Spanish: embestida

Translations

• French: fente
• German: Ausfallschritt
• Italian: affondo
• Portuguese: passada, afundo
• Spanish: embestida

Verb

lunge (lunges, present participle lunging; past and past participle lunged)

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.

   • 2004, Louis L'Amour, Rustlers of West Fork

     With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him!

2. (transitive) To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).

Translations

• German: losstürzen, ausfallen
• Portuguese: impulsionar
• Russian: ри́нуться
• Spanish: lanzarse

Translations

• Italian: far girare il cavallo legato con lunga cavezza al palo

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