Definition of plunge

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Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.

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Demerge :: Demerge (v. t.) To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.
Ducker :: Ducker (n.) One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver..
Estrapade :: Estrapade (n.) The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously..
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Ram :: Ram (n.) The plunger of a hydraulic press.
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) One who, or that which, plunges; a diver..
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
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..
Duck :: Duck (v. i.) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
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..
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..
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps..
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy..
Alfet :: Alfet (n.) A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
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..
Dowse :: Dowse (v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse..
Emplunge :: Emplunge (v. t.) To plunge; to implunge.
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..
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