lunge

lunge is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.
2. intransitive verb. To make a lunge.
3. transitive verb. To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter.
4. noun. Same as Namaycush.
5. noun. the act of moving forward suddenly

   Synonyms: lurch

6. noun. (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward

   Synonyms: passado

7. verb. make a thrusting forward movement

   Synonyms: hurl, hurtle, thrust

Synonyms

lurch, passado, hurl, hurtle, thrust

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lunge:

leung

Common word forms

lunged, lunger, lunges, lungees, lunging, lungeing, lungeous

Words from these letters

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