breenge

== English == === Etymology === Unknown. Attested since at least the 19th century. Compare Scots breenge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹiːnd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -iːndʒ === Noun === breenge (plural breenges) (Scotland) A plunge, a violent movement. === Verb === breenge (third-person singular simple present breenges, present participle breenging or breengeing, simple past and past participle breenged) (Scotland, intransitive) To lunge forward, to dash ahead, to move recklessly. === References === “breenge”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “breenge”, in Collins English Dictionary. == Scots == === Etymology === Origin unknown, but compare brainyell (“to rush violently”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brindʒ/, /brendʒ/ === Noun === breenge (plural breenges) a plunge, a dash, a breenge a blow, a punch a fit of anger === Verb === breenge (third-person singular simple present breenges, present participle breengein, simple past and past participle breenget) (intransitive) to rush, to move recklessly (transitive) to drive forward, to push (transitive) to slam (a door) === References === “Breenge, v. and n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.