lunge (lŭnj)
n.

1. A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.
2. A sudden forward movement or plunge.

v., lunged, lung·ing, lung·es.

v.intr.

1. To make a sudden thrust or pass.
2. To move with a sudden thrust.

v.tr.
To cause (someone) to lunge.

[From alteration of obsolete allonge, to thrust, from French allonger, from Old French alongier, to lengthen : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + long, long (from Latin longus).]

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