| Main Entry: | lunge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pounce |
Synonyms: |
charge, cut, jab, jump, pass, spring, stab, swing, swipe, thrust |
Antonyms: |
retreat |
| Main Entry: | lunge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pounce, dive for |
Synonyms: |
bound, burst, charge, cut, dash, drive, fall upon, hit, jab, jump, leap, lurch, pitch, plunge, poke, push, set upon, stab, strike, surge, 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 |
| 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 |