lunge


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Synonyms for lunge

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for lunge

to move or thrust at, under, or into the midst of with sudden force

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to move or advance against strong resistance

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Synonyms for lunge

the act of moving forward suddenly

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

make a thrusting forward movement

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Rooney was given his marching orders for a desperate lunge that caught Rossi below the right knee with a challenge that ended just above his ankle.
When performed with a set of dumbbells held in each hand at shoulder height, the walking lunge works many of the same muscles as the deadlift, but with the added benefit of overall stabilization and balance.
Step forward as you would for a regular lunge. The front foot should be solidly on the ground and the back foot should have more weight on the front of the foot.
Wenger also ended the game with 10 men after Olivier Giroud caught Stanislav Manolev with a last-minute lunge.
Alternating lunges with shoulder press and side lateral raises
Exercises Lunge with bar: With the bar above your head squeeze your upper back.
Analysing the behaviour of each whale, Bob Shadwick and Jeremy Goldbogen saw that dives lasted between 3.1 and 15.2 minutes and a whale could lunge as many as 6 times during a single dive.
Lower the pumpkin to chest height and repeat, breathing in on the way back down REVERSE LUNGE WITH RUSSIAN TWIST.
Here we are going to be focusing on the last three remaining categories of functional training - Bend, Pull and Lunge.
At least 18 players were involved in a melee near Derby's right corner flag sparked by a wild twofooted lunge from substitute Gorka Pintado on Robbie Savage.
Most absurd was the stick Steve Bennett received for dismissing Didier Zokora after a horror lunge on Elano, which was not as bad as it could have been only because the Manchester City midfielder sensibly jumped out of the way.
Side lunge and press out (at upper chest level) with a 5 lb.
They also lunge at each other, striking the top of an opponent's body with their legs.
For split-leg squats, get into the lunge position and go straight up and down; this works the quads and hamstrings.