different between waddle vs lunge

English

Etymology

From Middle English *wadlen, frequentative form of waden, equivalent to wade +? -le. Compare Old High German wadal?n (“to roam; wander”), Middle High German wadelen, wedelen (“to wander; rove”), German wedeln (“to waggle”).First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. (Source:OED online)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?d.?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?d.?l/, [?w??.??]
• Rhymes: -?d?l
• Rhymes: -æd?l

Noun

waddle (plural waddles)

1. A squat, swaying gait.

   the waddle of a duck

Translations

Verb

waddle (third-person singular simple present waddles, present participle waddling, simple past and past participle waddled)

1. (intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

Translations

Anagrams

• Dewald, dawdle, dwaled, walded

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)

1. A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
2. 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.
3. An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
4. 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)

1. (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!

2. (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)

1. (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

1. 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)

1. (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)

1. (anatomy) a lung

Derived terms

• lungebetennelse
• lungekreft
• lungeskade

Further reading

• “lunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.