lunge

plural lunges · alternative longe

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

   A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd.

   2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC

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.

present singular third person lunges · present rare singular third person lungeing · participle present lunging · participle past lunged · past lunged · alternative longe

1. ambitransitiveTo (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).

   I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.

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

   2004, Louis L'Amour, Rustlers of West Fork

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