Definitions
the act of moving forward suddenly
Word origin
From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus. Doublet of allonge.
Used in a sentence
“A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd.”
“I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.”
“With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him!”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sudden forward move”5 letters
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