Definition of plunge

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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..

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Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy..
Immerse :: Immerse (v. t.) To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge..
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
Implunge :: Implunge (v. t.) To plunge.
Fishhawk :: Fishhawk (n.) The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard..
Plunge :: 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..
Dowse :: Dowse (v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse..
Demerge :: Demerge (v. t.) To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
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..
Alfet :: Alfet (n.) A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
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..
Emerge :: Emerge (v. i.) To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity..
Dive :: Dive (n.) A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.
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.
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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