1. Make a thrusting forward movement
   "The fencer lunged at his opponent";
   - hurl, hurtle, thrust

1. The act of moving forward suddenly
   "The boxer's powerful lunge caught his opponent off guard";
   - lurch
    
2. (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward
   "The fencer scored a point with a well-executed lunge";
   - straight thrust, passado

Derived forms: lunged, lunges, lunging

Type of: knife thrust, motion, move, movement, stab, thrust

Encyclopedia: Lunge, Angola