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lunge
English
Alternative forms
- longe (US)
Etymology
From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?
Noun
lunge (plural lunges)
- A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
- 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.
- An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
- A fish, the namaycush.
Derived terms
- lunge whip
Translations
Verb
lunge (third-person singular simple present lunges, present participle lunging or lungeing, simple past and past participle lunged)
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to make) a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
- I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.
- 2004, Louis L'Amour, Rustlers of West Fork
- With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him!
- (transitive) To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
Translations
Anagrams
- Leung
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”), cognate with Norwegian lunge, Swedish lunga, German Lunge, English lung. The noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“light, agile, nimble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l???]
Noun
lunge c (singular definite lungen, plural indefinite lunger)
- (anatomy) lung
Inflection
Derived terms
- lungebetændelse
- lungekapacitet
- lungekræft
- lungetransplantation
References
- “lunge” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “lunge” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lun.d??e/
- Hyphenation: lùn?ge
Adverb
lunge
- Archaic form of lungi.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lungô (“the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Dutch long, English lung, Danish lunge, German Lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga.
Noun
lunge m or f (definite singular lunga or lungen, indefinite plural lunger, definite plural lungene)
- (anatomy) a lung
Derived terms
- lungebetennelse
- lungekreft
- lungeskade
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lungô (“the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“light, agile, nimble”). Akin to English lung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²l????/
Noun
lunge f (definite singular lunga, indefinite plural lunger, definite plural lungene)
- (anatomy) a lung
Derived terms
- lungebetennelse
- lungekreft
- lungeskade
Further reading
- “lunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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gunge
English
Etymology 1
See gong.
Noun
gunge (plural gunges)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.
Etymology 2
First attested around 1935-40. Probably an alteration of gunk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd??/
Noun
gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges)
- (Britain) A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.
- 1978, A. S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden, Vintage International 1992, p.390:
- Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?
- 1978, A. S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden, Vintage International 1992, p.390:
- (organic chemistry, informal) Tholin.
- 11 January 1979, Dr Bernard Dixon (editor), "Grains between the stars account for spectra", in New Scientist:
- They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “'gunge.”
- 11 January 1979, Dr Bernard Dixon (editor), "Grains between the stars account for spectra", in New Scientist:
Derived terms
- gungey/gungy
Verb
gunge (third-person singular simple present gunges, present participle gunging, simple past and past participle gunged)
- (often with "up") To clog with gunge.
- (Britain) To cover with gunge.
Synonyms
- goo
- goop
- grunge
- gunk
- slime
Anagrams
- Geung
Albanian
Noun
gunge
- indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular of gungë
Middle English
Adjective
gunge
- Alternative form of yong
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gunga or g?n, which derives from Proto-Germanic *gangan? (“to go, walk, step”).
Verb
gunge
- (Mooring) to go
Conjugation
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gunga, ganga, from Proto-Germanic *gangan?. More at English gang.
Verb
gunge
- to go
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