lunges 1 of 2

noun

plural of lunge
as in jabs
a quick thrust anticipated the swordsman's lunge and jumped aside to avoid being stabbed

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lunges

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of lunge
as in plunges

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Recent Examples of lunges
Noun
Doing lunges increases your hip and knee extensor muscle strength. — Mallory Creveling, Health, 9 July 2026 The situation escalated dramatically when a woman in a black dress suddenly lunges at another passenger in all pink waiting in line behind her. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 This resistance band exercise is a modification of lunges and side steps to build strength in the muscles supporting your knees, ideally without triggering any existing knee pain. — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026 Researchers defined strength training as exercises using weights or body weight, such as press ups, squats and lunges. — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 4 June 2026 Compound movements like squats, deadlifts, rows and lunges place exactly the right kind of stress on the hip, spine and tibia, the sites most vulnerable to fracture. — Allison Palmer updated June 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026 Researchers defined strength training as exercises using weights or body weight — things like pushups, squats, lunges, and traditional weightlifting. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 June 2026 Exercises like squats, planks and lunges — that use your own body weight as resistance — are also effective. — Yolanda Harris, AJC.com, 28 May 2026 Kennedy then lunges toward the snakes, grappling with the creatures for several seconds before maintaining control of the pair, which then appear to snap at his hands and wrists, attempting to bite him. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunges
  1. jabs
  2. plunges
  3. punches
  4. dives
Noun
  • If Clase’s home run in the second was an uppercut, then Toronto’s offense in the third was a barrage of jabs.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • And a third key was for Gaethje to throw jabs and get Topuria’s weight on his back foot, so Gaethje could find an opening with hooks over Topuria’s front shoulder.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
Definition of jabs
Verb
  • Dexter grapples with killing her, but Rudy eventually can’t handle Dexter’s hesitance and takes the knife into his own hands—and nearly plunges it into Debra’s chest before Dexter stops him.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • In six parts, The American Revolution, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, plunges us into the momentous war that led to the nation’s founding.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Definition of plunges
Noun
  • There was a June 1977 friendly in Buenos Aires where punches were thrown and players were ejected.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2026
  • But the Azteca started to change that, with that long second half rearguard, the deep 5-3-1, those endless headers and blocks and punches.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of punches
Verb
  • This week, Madonna time travels back to the Eighties and dances the night away at a famous discotheque, R&B crooner Destin Conrad dives into reggae rhythms, and Rico Nasty teams back up with Kenneth Blume for a glittery new track.
    — Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2026
  • Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Android Smartwatch The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra dives in deep with you, with a rugged titanium body boasting 10ATM water resistance, ready for open-water ocean swimming.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
Definition of dives

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