lunged

verbpounce, dive for

Synonyms for lunged

verb pounce, dive for

Antonyms for lunged

Word Origin & History

1735, "a thrust with a sword," originally a fencing term, shortened from allonge, from French allonger "to extend, thrust," from Old French alongier "to lengthen, make long," from à "to" + Old French long, from Latin longus "long" (see long (adj.)).

Example Sentences for lunged

Baumberger glared at him, and then lunged, his eyes like an animal gone mad.

Three or four times he lunged with incomparable dash and dexterity.

And at each utterance of the pronoun he lunged with his forefinger in the direction of his son.

For some moments he feinted and lunged, seeking an opening, however slight.

Effie lunged for it frantically, switched it off, darted back.

From the belt of her assailant she grasped a knife and lunged at his face as he held her.

We lunged down to the floor, then up again, close to the ceiling.

When Dan lunged with the gaff the tuna made a tremendous splash that deluged us.

Weak though he was Jon lunged to his feet, spilling the tumbler of liquid.

He lunged forward and clutched at the spectacles in the man's hand.