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Meanings of lunge in inglês

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Position in figure skating.

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português
impulso

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

impulso
Synonyms
Examples for "passado"
Examples for "passado"
1
Laugh and ask: 'What will the passado cost, Fencing-master Allerts?
The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 01
2
He came up the stairs backward, ceding one step at a time, fending off his attackers with cut and passado.
Labyrinth
3
Slid, if these be your "passados" and "montantes," I'll have none of them.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
1
I cannot dispute the straight thrust of your thinking.
Return of the Crimson Guard
2
It was a straight thrust, and it went home.
The Bars of Iron
3
It was a straight thrust to the core of a superstitious heart and a spasm of terror crossed the woman's face.
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories
4
Rutolo made a step forward with a menace of straight thrust, accompanying it with a cry after the manner of certain Sicilian fencers.
The Child of Pleasure
5
Then, as this gentleman took no notice, with one clean straight thrust Greddon ran him through the heart, shouting Die, you damned psalm-singer and traducer!
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
português
arremessar
catalão
propulsar
espanhol
empujar

Make a thrusting forward movement.

arremessar
catalão
escomesa

The act of moving forward suddenly.

escomesa
Usage of lunge in inglês
1
It was a bit of lunge so there's certainly some rhythm needed.
Independent.ie
2
To hamper him in the lunge there was the table between us.
Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
3
Only those in front can actually lunge and strike at the enemy.
A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
4
Only a sluggish twitch in response, rather than the usual rapid lunge.
The irish devil
5
When she raised herself, she saw the final lunge that ended it.
Heir of Fire
6
The heron never even professed to follow it or lunge at it.
The Way of the Wild
7
Through a haze, he saw the first physician lunge from the room.
Fireflies
8
The straight course is life, the tangent disease, the saving lunge recovery.
Preventable Diseases
9
Kostaki was ready to lunge forwards but the policeman held him back.
Anno Dracula
10
A long lunge, but he could cover that distance in a heartbeat.
Shadow's son
11
Just for good measure, Doc threw in a snarl and lunge, too.
Dying for Dinner (A Cooking Class Mystery)
12
Duncan tried to lunge at my hand, but he was too late.
The Water Witch
13
I braced for the lunge, and at the last moment, rolled away.
Enclave
14
That lunge was sudden and terrible-ifit did not accomplish its object.
Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
15
The bigger the lunge, the higher your feet might need to be.
Rock and Ice Magazine
16
West confronts one of the photographers and appears to lunge at him.
Reuters
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Translations for lunge
espanhol
empujar
Lunge through the time
Lunge across language varieties
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