Definition of plunge

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Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse..

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Blunger :: Blunger (n.) A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger..
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..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..
Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart..
Dowse :: Dowse (v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse..
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
Dip :: Dip (v. t.) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
Ram :: Ram (n.) The plunger of a hydraulic press.
Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east..
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..
Demerge :: Demerge (v. t.) To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Dive :: Dive (v. i.) To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid..
Plunged :: Plunged (imp. & p. p.) of Plung.
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..
Spear :: Spear (n.) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod..
Estrapade :: Estrapade (n.) The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously..
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..
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