lunge

Part of speech: verb

To thrust.

Part of speech: noun

A long, sudden thrust.

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Usage examples "lunge":

  1. Robin eluded the lunge and drew his own weapon. - "Robin Hood", J. Walker McSpadden.
  2. Suddenly, he reared straight into the air carrying the youth with him, then with a vicious lunge he threw himself backward upon the ground. - "The Outlaw of Torn", Edgar Rice Burroughs.
  3. They saw the gorilla stagger, then drop to all fours, and lunge toward them. - "Around the World in Ten Days", Chelsea Curtis Fraser.