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lunging

/ˈlʌnd͡ʒɪŋ/

lunging is the present participle and gerund of lunge.

Meaning of lunge

Verb

lunge (third-person singular simple present lunges or (rare) lungeing, present participle lunging, simple past and past participle lunged)

  1. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
    • I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.
  2. (transitive) To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).

See all 6 meanings of lunge

Noun

lunging (plural lungings)

  1. The act of one who lunges; a lunge.
    • Man the creature seemingly following his desires and ambitions is held in check and swayed from his blind lungings about the earth by the Spirit of the God who made him.c. 1874, Edward M. Matthews, The Church of God

Forms of lunging

plurallungings

Words that rhyme with lunging

Questions about lunging

What does lunging mean?
Lunging means the act of one who lunges; a lunge.
What is lunging the present participle and gerund of?
Lunging is the present participle and gerund of lunge.
What part of speech is lunging?
Lunging is a noun.
How do you pronounce lunging?
Lunging is pronounced /ˈlʌnd͡ʒɪŋ/.
What is the plural of lunging?
The plural of lunging is lungings.

Words near lunging in the dictionary

  1. lunghi
  2. lunghis
  3. lungi
  4. lungie
  5. lungies
  6. lunging
  7. lungings
  8. lungis
  9. Lungki
  10. Lunglei
  11. lungless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lunging (page history and authors); lunge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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