to lunge
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4.1
- verb
- /lʌndʒ/
- If you duck and lunge, you can get the knife and disarm her.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd when she did, she lunged at me, grabbed me.
- And when she did, she lunged at me, grabbed me.
- And as you see him lunging at you, what do you do?
- And Tamlin is pissed at that, so he just lunges for Pharah.
- And then he sees this guy like lunging for Jace and he threw a dagger into his chest.
- Maya whispered Jordan and lunged for Kyle, claws out and sharp, and sank them into his throat.
- Often before they see the kick coming they they lunge to the left or to the right, which makes their chances of stopping the ball worse.
- So the the bear, like, lunged at him to kind of like, see what he would just see if he would flinch, you know, And then it slapped him.
- And then the dog just lunged at me and she didn't have hold of the leash properly.
- You would like see them lunge towards you and that's it.
- And now she is, she's able to run, she's able to lunge.
- And then you scoop and you go like that, and you, like a snapping turtle because you, like, lunge forward and you lean down and you look just very.
Examples
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Louie Lung lunges for the rod.
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Without warning, Dwight lunges at Toby and swings the side of his arm toward Toby's throat.
Fiction book (1993) -
And by the time they get to the second ball, they have to lunge for it.
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Half expected something or now someone to lunge at us from around the corner.
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Try not to lunge at the plate.
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I jump off the bike without stopping and lunge for the kitchen door.
Fiction book (1993) -
And as you see him lunging at you, what do you do?
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When he has had enough punishment, he lunges into a clinch.
Fiction book (1992) -
And Tamlin is pissed at that, so he just lunges for Pharah.
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The cat quickly lunged at the toy mouse, trying to catch it.
Synonyms
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1.0
To move or act quickly because a situation needs it
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6.0
To suddenly attack someone often without warning
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3.0
To take something quickly with your hand
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1.9
Enter or appear suddenly with energy
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3.9
To push something or someone suddenly and forcefully forward
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4.1
To jump suddenly onto something to grab or attack it
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1.6
Grab something quickly with a sudden motion
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3.5
To move your body forward suddenly with force
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6.8
To move very fast and with great force like a train or meteor
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4.1
To move yourself suddenly and forcefully, often without control
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Etymology
Lunge (verb) keeps the same idea of making a body 'long' quickly, like stretching forward to reach or strike. That's why to lunge is to make a fast forward movement to get closer or seize something.