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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pounce |
| Synonyms: | charge, cut, jab, jump, pass, spring, stab, swing, swipe, thrust |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, blindside, bolt, buck, bushwhack, chase, dash, invade, jump on, lunge, mug, rush, smash, stampede, storm, tear |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break by hitting or throwing violently |
| Synonyms: | beat, bludgeon, cast, charge, crash, cudgel, destroy, fling, hit, hurl, hurtle, lunge, plunge, shatter, shiver, slam, sling, smash, splash, splatter, splinter, throw |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, help, inspirit |
Example Sentences
- Chávez latest lunge for power is alienating even some of his closest allies.
- For their current task is not to lunge at each other, but to draw up long-term political platforms for their parties.
- Just as the fiddler was making another lunge at the horse someone else's flash went off during my exposure.
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | descent, usually underwater |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, dash, dip, duck, ducking, fall, header headlong jump, leap, lunge, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spring, submergence, submersion, swoop |
| Antonyms: | ascent, jump |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend, usually going underwater |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, go headfirst, gutter, header, jump, leap, lunge, nose-dive, pitch, plumb, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swoop, vanish, vault |
| Antonyms: | ascend, go up, jump |
| Main Entry: | hurtle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunge, charge |
| Synonyms: | bump, collide, fly, lunge, push, race, rush, rush headlong, scoot, scramble, shoot, speed, spurt, tear |
| Notes: | hurdle refers to a difficulty or obstacle; hurtle means to move with great speed or violence |
| Main Entry: | jab |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | poke |
| Synonyms: | blow, buck, bump, bunt, dig, hit, jog, lunge, nudge, prod, punch, push, stab, tap, thrust |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leap, spring |
| Synonyms: | bail out, barge, bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, clear, curvet, dive, drop, fall, gambol, hop, hurdle, hurtle, jerk, jiggle, jounce, lollop, lop, lunge, lurch, parachute, plummet, pop, quiver, rattle, ricochet, saltate, shake, skip, sky, somersault, surge, take, top, trip, vault, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | pitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dive, roll |
| Synonyms: | ascend, bend, bicker, careen, descend, dip, drive, drop, fall, flounder, go down, heave, lean, lunge, lurch, plunge, rise, rock, seesaw, slope, slump, stagger, tilt, topple, toss, tumble, vault, wallow, welter, yaw |
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