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lunge
What does lunge mean?
lunge (verb): make a thrusting forward movement.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce lunge?
/lʌndʒ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does lunge come from?
From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “lunge” mean?
stop moving or become immobilized
Not quite: that's what freeze means.
to interrupt an activity and wait
Not quite: that's what pause means.
to find a solution to (a problem)
Not quite: that's what resolve means.
make a thrusting forward movement
Right! That's what “lunge” means.
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