Definition of plunge

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Plunge (v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war..

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Plunger :: Plunger (n.) A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps..
Emplunge :: Emplunge (v. t.) To plunge; to implunge.
Dip :: Dip (v. t.) To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
Immerge :: Immerge (v. t.) To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse..
Mire :: Mire (v. t.) To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon..
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out..
Force Pump :: Force pump () A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger..
Enwallow :: Enwallow (v. t.) To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow..
Dive :: Dive (n.) A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively..
Submerge :: Submerge (v. t.) To put under water; to plunge.
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) One who, or that which, plunges; a diver..
Dive :: Dive (v. i.) Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..
Submergence :: Submerge (v. i.) To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included..
Dowse :: Dowse (v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse..
Immerse :: Immerse (v. t.) To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge..
Ducker :: Ducker (n.) One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver..
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