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[ verb ] make a thrusting forward movement

Synonyms

thrust hurl hurtle

Used in print

(Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)

- to lunge anxiously through crowded streets to railroad_stations and , at odd hours of night , drive from smaller stations to distant homes , probably through rain or , in November , something worse .

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

With a bellow Carmer lunged at him .

Stevens was grunting over the last empty pocket when Russ abruptly rose and lunged toward Carmer 's hat , which had tumbled half-a-dozen feet away when he first fell .

Related terms

move dart drive jab hurl lunger

2
[ noun ] the act of moving forward suddenly

Synonyms

lurch

Related terms

motion

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