Past tense of lunge
regular verb
The past tense of lunge is lunged. The past participle is also lunged.
Forms of lunge
| Base form (V1) | lunge /lʌnd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | lunged /lʌnd͡ʒd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | lunged /lʌnd͡ʒd/ |
| Present participle | lunging /ˈlʌnd͡ʒɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | lunges |
Lunged in a sentence
- 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!2004, Louis L'Amour, Rustlers of West Fork
- She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall.From the entry peg
- The other lunged to the side of the second and clamped one clawed hand around its muzzle.2017 April, Marie Brennan [pseudonym; Bryn Neuenschwander], chapter 10, in Within the Sanctuary of Wings: A Memoir by Lady Trent, New…. From the entry ruff
- I slipped Ike's switch-bladed scaling knife from my bra and lunged.2016, Angela Zeman, The Witch and the Borscht Pearl. From the entry switch-bladed
Meaning of lunge
- noun A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
- noun A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.
- noun An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
Questions about the past tense of lunge
- What is the past tense of lunge?
- The past tense of lunge is lunged.
- What is the past participle of lunge?
- The past participle of lunge is lunged.
- Is lunge a regular or irregular verb?
- Lunge is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lunge (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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