Definition of plunge

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Plunge (v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations..

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Airometer :: Airometer (n.) A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water..
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..
Dive :: Dive (n.) A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively..
Dowse :: Dowse (v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse..
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
Plunge :: Plunge (v. t.) To baptize by immersion.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend..
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..
Blunger :: Blunger (n.) A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) One who, or that which, plunges; a diver..
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
Souse :: Souse (v. t.) To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
Plunge :: 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..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse..
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt..
Estrapade :: Estrapade (n.) The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously..
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