Lunged

lunge  (lnj)

n.

1. A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.

2. A sudden forward movement or plunge.

v. lunged, lung·ing, lung·es

v.intr.

1. To make a sudden thrust or pass.

2. To move with a sudden thrust.

v.tr.

To cause (someone) to lunge.

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[From alteration of obsolete allonge, to thrust, from French allonger, from Old French alongier, to lengthen : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + long, long (from Latin longus; see del-¹ in Indo-European roots).]