lunge

noun

1. A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.

   “A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd.”

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.

verb

1. (ambitransitive)To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).

   “I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.”

   “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).