flunge

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/flʌnd͡ʒ/

noun

A method of attack with a sword (sabre), propelled from the front foot, like a flèche, but also landing on the front foot, like a lunge.

Similar
sabre flèche
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Meanings

nounflunge (plural flunges)

plural flunges

  1. fencingA method of attack with a sword (sabre), propelled from the front foot, like a flèche, but also landing on the front foot, like a lunge.

    Synonyms: sabre flèche

verbflunge (third-person singular simple present flunges, present participle flunging, simple past and past participle flunged)

present singular third person flunges · participle present flunging · participle past flunged · past flunged

  1. fencingTo attack using a flunge.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA method of attack with a sword (sabre), propelled from the front foot, like a flèche, but also landing on the front foot, like a lunge.

Similar
sabre flèche

Origin

Blend of flèche + lunge, or of flying + lunge.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flunge

spongeplungegrungelungeexpungelongemungegungeblungedispongeglungehundgepunge
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Anagrams

engulfLufeng
Cite this entry
APA

flunge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flunge

MLA

“flunge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flunge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flunge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flunge.

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