lunge
/lʌnd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging). · I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.
- To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
He/she/it lunges · Past lunged · Past participle lunged · -ing form lunging
Verb forms
- Base form
- lunge
- He/she/it
- lunges
- Past
- lunged
- Past participle
- lunged
- -ing form
- lunging
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His father ran out with a stick, but by the time he came up, Karait had lunged out once too far, and Rikki-tikki had sprung, jumped on the snake’s back, dropped his head far between his forelegs, bitten as high up the back as he could get hold, and rolled away.
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