I. ˈlənj verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: by shortening & alteration from obsolete allonge to make a thrust with a sword, from French allonger to extend (an arm), make long, from Old French alongier to make long — more at allonge
transitive verb
1. archaic : to deliver (as a kick or thrust) suddenly — often used with out
lunged out a kick — W.M.Thackeray
2. : to cause to make or move with a lunge : thrust or push with a lunge
strode mightily through, waving his free arm, lunging his portfolio — Katherine A. Porter
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to make a thrust or pass with a foil
b. : to tackle an opponent in field hockey
2. : to make a forceful forward movement : plunge , surge
lunged forward and opened the door for her — J.P.Marquand
lunged in with a heavy black iron tray — Katherine Mansfield
II. noun
( -s )
1.
a. : a sudden thrust or pass (as with a sword or foil)
b. : a one-handed tackling stroke in field hockey
2. : the act of plunging forward : a forceful often abrupt movement ahead : surge
she made a lunge at a door — Elizabeth Bowen
clattering lunge from the electric shovel — George Farwell
feeling the long easy lunge of the ship — Vincent McHugh
no one can read a page … without feeling its lunge , its force — John Mason Brown
3. : a movement for position in gymnastics or dancing in which one foot is advanced as far as possible with the knee bent and directly over the instep while the other foot remains stationary
III.
variant of longe
IV. ˈlənj noun
( -s )
Etymology: short for muskellunge
1. : lake trout b
2. : muskellunge