LUNGE
What does "LUNGE" mean?
A sudden forward thrust of the body, or a fitness move stepping forward and bending the knees.
Meanings
- A sudden forward movement or thrust of the body. He made a lunge for the closing door and missed.
- A leg exercise in which one steps forward and lowers the hips by bending both knees. Three sets of lunges left her thighs trembling.
- To move or thrust forward suddenly. The fencer lunged the instant her guard dropped.
- A long rope or rein used to exercise a horse in a circle (also spelled 'longe'). She worked the colt on the lunge each morning. technical
Word origin
From French 'allonger', 'to lengthen' (from 'long'); first an English fencing term 'allonge', then clipped to 'lunge'; the horse-training sense shares the same root via 'longe'.
Remember it
LUNGE = a LUNG-powered surge: one big breath, one step, one stretch forward.
A little poem
The fencer holds, a coiled and patient line-
then steel becomes a sentence, sudden, spent:
the lunge that says the thing she could not.
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Wordplay
- I tried doing lunges all the way to the kitchen. It was a long way to fall short.
What it teaches
Every lunge spends balance to gain reach; commit fully or don't step at all.
Quick facts
What does LUNGE mean?
A sudden forward thrust of the body, or a fitness move stepping forward and bending the knees.
Is LUNGE a valid word?
Yes — LUNGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LUNGE?
LUNGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does LUNGE come from?
From French 'allonger', 'to lengthen' (from 'long'); first an English fencing term 'allonge', then clipped to 'lunge'; the horse-training sense shares the same root via 'longe'.
What can LUNGE teach us?
Every lunge spends balance to gain reach; commit fully or don't step at all.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.