[
UK
/lˈʌndʒ/
]
[ US /ˈɫəndʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫəndʒ/ ]
NOUN
- (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward
- the act of moving forward suddenly
VERB
- make a thrusting forward movement
How To Use lunge In A Sentence
- He slowly depressed the plunger and once the syringe was empty, withdrew the needle and stepped back.
- At this point we must trace our way back, pass through the flowering shrubs and plunge into the shade of a little wood. The Education of a Gardener
- A couple of times her footholds cracked and she plunged a few heart-stopping feet, but luckily she grabbed another hold.
- Gabrielle had a sudden urge to plunge into the cool lake like before.
- US Treasury markets capitalized on the equity plunge, surging during the afternoon session.
- The muskrat was a very good swimmer, indeed, and as soon as she reached the water she plunged in and swam about, to show Sammie and Susie how it ought to be done. Sammie and Susie Littletail
- Stay, look at this, "continued he, replying by a thrust in" seconde "to a straight thrust;" if I had lunged, I should have spitted you like a lark. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental
- lunger" out here, and I didn't relish the idea of sleeping in a tuberculous bed. The Prairie Wife
- Plunged in darkness again, the man, whom Rose had called unimaginative, suffered all the untold agony of soul which had been hers during the moment in which she had been forced to make up her mind and carry out the act, only his anguish was the more intense, for hers was the quick action and his the forced inaction of a man bound to a stake, within full sight of a tragedy being enacted upon a loved one. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands
- Although peeling isn't essential because this variety has a rather thin skin, it is an easy matter to plunge them into boiling water, drain and then slip off the skins.