Crossword clues for lunge
lunge
- Dive forward as airbag beginning to explode
- Thrust end of épée just below vital organ
- Sudden movement
- Fencer's move
- Epeeist's thrust
- Alternative to a parry
- Fencing attack
- Leg exercise
- Leap forward
- Fencing technique
- Epeeist's attack
- Épéeist's move
- Duel action
- Basic fencing technique
- Thigh-toning exercise
- Swordfighter's move
- Sudden push forward
- Sudden move in fencing
- Sudden forward movement
- Sudden forward motion
- Strike out in a forward motion
- Shoestring-catch move
- Quad/glute exercise
- Quad-strengthening exercise
- Make a move, in fencing
- Leg-bending exercise to firm up the glutes
- Go straight at in fencing
- Exercise where you take a long step forward
- Epeeist's maneuver
- Desperate move
- Attempt at a fencing touch
- (Make a) forward thrust
- Unexpected movement
- Fencing move
- Suddenly leap (at)
- Knife wielder's move
- Fencing action
- Take a stab (at)
- Suddenly run (at)
- Г‰pГ©eist's move
- Kendo motion
- It's often parried
- Big leap forward
- The act of moving forward suddenly
- Sudden thrust in fencing
- Rush; charge
- Fencing maneuver
- Thrust forward
- Fencer's thrust
- Dueler's move
- Dueling maneuver
- Swordsman's sally
- Fencer's sudden thrust
- Musketeer maneuver
- Fencing ploy
- Fencing feint
- Gymnastic movement with long rope
- Olympic event in which swordswoman finally makes her move
- Sudden movement in bar — nothing spilt!
- Sudden forward thrust
- Forward thrust, to a fencer
- Fencing thrust
- Attack knight transported by toboggan
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lunge \Lunge\, n. [Also spelt longe, fr. allonge. See Allonge, Long.] A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.
Lunge \Lunge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lunging.] To make a lunge.
Lunge \Lunge\, v. t.
To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his
halter.
--Thackeray.
Lunge \Lunge\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Namaycush.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1735, "a thrust with a sword," originally a fencing term, shortened from allonge, from French allonger "to extend, thrust," from Old French alongier "to lengthen, make long," from à "to" + Old French long, from Latin longus "long" (see long (adj.)).
1735 (implied in lunged), from lunge (n.). Sense of "to make a sudden forward rush" is from 1821. Related: Lunged; lunging.
Wiktionary
n. A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword. vb. 1 To make a sudden forward movement (present participle: (term: lunging)). 2 To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: (term: lunging) or (term: lungeing)).
WordNet
n. the act of moving forward suddenly [syn: lurch]
Wikipedia
A lunge can refer to any position of the human body where one leg is positioned forward with knee bent and foot flat on the ground while the other leg is positioned behind. It is used by athletes in cross-training for sports, by weight-trainers as a fitness exercise, and by yogis as part of an asana regimen.
In difference to the Split squat exercise, during the lunge the rear leg is also activated.
Lunge may refer to:
- Lunge (exercise), a weight training exercise
- Lunge (fencing), the fundamental offensive fencing technique
- Lunge (horse training), also spelled Longeing, a technique for training horses where a horse is asked to work at the end of a long line
- Lunge (surname), a surname
- Lunge feeding, an extreme feeding method used by some whales
- "LUNGE", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Detonator Orgun 2
The lunge is the fundamental footwork technique used with all three fencing weapons: foil, épée and sabre. It is common to all contemporary fencing styles.
The lunge is executed by kicking forward with the front foot, and pushing the body forward with the back leg. It can be used in combination with different blade work to deliver an offensive action such as an attack.
The lunge is one of the most basic and most common types offensive footwork.
Lunge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Georg Lunge (1839–1923), German chemist
- Vincens Lunge ( – 1536), Danish diplomat
Usage examples of "lunge".
Suddenly she heard movement in the undergrowth and whirled to see Acorn lunging toward her with a crazed gleam in his eyes.
As the humans whipped around the outer edges of the dancing whirlpool, the afanc swam in quick lunges and ripped them free in its jaws.
The weapon disappeared in a blur of armored skirts and the blocky, powerful thighs of Clodius Afer, lunging between Vibulenus and death.
Numerous monks and peasants working afield goggled as I flashed past them, and Brother Vitalis was sweeping the dorter when I lunged in there.
Entipy curled up her legs as Aileron lunged for her, but he missed her clean and crashed through the upper level of the branches.
Pelly with Eva, Avis and George in that order, they lunged through the gate into the white.
They swung, parried, lunged and fought like crazed men caught up in an ancient battle awen, a formidable spell that neither could nor wanted to break.
As the soldiers advanced to seize the Baptist, though he was not resisting them, John lunged forth in defense.
It bawled when Jack hit it, floundered backward, sat briefly on its haunches, and then lunged for the far bank.
He began to fence to try my mettle, but I lunged right at his chest, and gave him three inches of cold steel.
Tash and Deevee both scrambled backward as the blob lunged forward and landed heavily on the spot where they had been standing.
Cat lunged for the yoke as Bluey turned his attention to the loran, punching in another set of coordinates.
Captain Bowen cried, lunging, plunging his right hand into the snow in a frantic bid to grab his friend.
He made to lunge at Buckthorn, but the other man was too quick for him.
I saw old Bunger scooting for the exit, and I heered Mike roaring, lunging against his rope.