breenge

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/bɹiːnd͡ʒ/

noun

A plunge, a violent movement.

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Meanings

nounbreenge (plural breenges)

plural breenges

  1. ScotlandA plunge, a violent movement.
verbbreenge (third-person singular simple present breenges, present participle breenging or breengeing, simple past and past participle breenged)

present singular third person breenges · participle present breenging · participle present breengeing · participle past breenged · past breenged

  1. ScotlandintransitiveTo lunge forward, to dash ahead, to move recklessly.

    His two tries came from a typical breengeing run in the first half and from a pushover try in the final quarter of the match.

    2018 February 10, “Reds Get Back to Winning Ways in 10 Try Thriller”, in The Reds Linlithgow Rugby Club, archived from the original on 10 May 2019
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    He comes breenging in on a private conference of his betters, carrying their sentinel on his head like a shambled sheep, and flings him in a corner.

    1908, Robert Barr, On the Border, page 105

Origin

Unknown. Attested since at least the 19th century. Compare Scots breenge.

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APA

breenge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breenge

MLA

“breenge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breenge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breenge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breenge.

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