Definition of plunge

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Plunge (n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge..

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Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy..
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..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse..
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..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. t.) To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
Plunged :: Plunged (imp. & p. p.) of Plung.
Implunge :: Implunge (v. t.) To plunge.
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
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..
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..
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..
Dive :: Dive (n.) A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..
Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
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..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke..
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
Immerge :: Immerge (v. t.) To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse..
Blunger :: Blunger (n.) A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger..
Dive :: Dive (v. i.) To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid..
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