Plunge

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English

Noun

Plunge (plural Plunges)
  1. the act of plunging or submerging
  2. a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
    to take the water with a plunge
    plunge in the sea
  3. (figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
  4. (slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
  5. (obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty

Verb

Plunge (third-person singular simple present Plunges, present participle plunging, simple past and past participle plunged)

  1. (transitive) to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse;
    to plunge the body into water
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action
    to plunge a dagger into the breast
    to plunge a nation into war
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to baptize by immersion
  4. (intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge one's self
    he plunged into the river
  5. (figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition
    to plunge into debt
    to plunge into controversy
  6. (intransitive) to pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does
  7. (intransitive, slang) to bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations
  8. (intransitive, obsolete) to entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle)
  9. (intransitive, obsolete) to overwhelm, overpower

Adjectives for Plunge

occasional; desperate; constant (pi); useless; despised; sounding.

Adverbs for Plunge

rashly; daringly; heavily; wildly; impetuously; determinedly; fiercely; violently; desperately.

Thesaurus

abate, ablate, advance, agiotage, ante, ante up, arbitrage, ascend, back, back up, bate, be caught short, be eaten away, be short, beat down, belong, bet, bet on, blunder, boil, break, bucket, bucketshop, budge, bundle, burst, burst of speed, bustle, buy in, buy into, buying in, calculated risk, call, canter, careen, career, cascade, catabasis, cataract, chance, change, change place, charge, chase, cheapen, cheapening, circle, climb, collapse, come down, consume, consume away, corrode, cover, crash, cropper, crowd, crumble, culbute, cut, cut prices, dash, dash off, dash on, dead run, deceleration, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrease, decrescendo, deflate, deflation, deliquesce, deposit margin, depreciate, depreciation, descend, descent, devaluate, devaluation, die away, dig, diminish, diminuendo, dip, dip down, dive, dive into, dogtrot, double-time, down, downtrend, downturn, drive, drop, drop down, drop off, dwindle, dwindling, ebb, engulf, equity capital, erode, fade, fall, fall away, fall down, fall headlong, fall in price, fall off, falter, festinate, financier, flank speed, flat-out speed, flier, fling, flop, flounce, flounder, flow, flutter, forced draft, forced landing, fortune, full gallop, gallop, gamble, get going, get moving, get over, give way, go, go around, go down, go downhill, go long, go off half-cocked, go round, go sideways, gravitate, gyrate, hand gallop, hasten, hazard, head, header, headlong rush, heave, heavy right foot, high lope, hobbyhorse, hold on, hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hustle, immerse, immersion, incline, invest, invest in, investment, jew down, jog trot, keel over, labor, languish, lapse, lay, lay a wager, lay down, lay out money, lead, lean, leap, lessen, let up, liquidation, lope, lose altitude, lose no time, lower, lowering, luck, lunge, lurch, make a bet, make a killing, make a scoop, make an investment, make haste, make heavy weather, margin up, mark down, markdown, maximum speed, meet a bet, melt away, miss the market, mount, move, move over, move quickly, natatorium, nose dive, nose-dive, nosedive, open throttle, operate, overstay the market, overwhelm, parachute, pare, parlay, pass, pitch, pitch and plunge, pitch and toss, place, play, play against, play the market, plop, plow back into, plummet, plummeting, plump, plunge bath, plunge headlong, plunge into, plunk, point, pool, post, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, pound, pour down, pratfall, precipitate, press on, price cut, price fall, price reduction, prime investment, profit taking, progress, propel, punt, push, push on, put, pyramid, race, rain, ram, rear, reduce, reduction, reel, regress, reinvest, remission, retreat, retrogress, rise, risk, rock, roll, rotate, round trade, run, run low, rush, rush into, rush through, sag, scalp, scalping, scamper, scend, scoop the market, scramble, scud, scurry, scuttle, see, seethe, settle, shave, shift, shove, shrink, sink, sink money in, skid, skin-dive, sky-dive, slash, slowdown, slump, soar, sound, speculate, speculation, spill, spin, spot sale, sprawl, sprint, spurt, stab, stag, stag the market, stagger, stake, stand pat, stick, stir, stockjobbery, stockjobbing, stoop, stream, struggle, stumble, submerge, submersion, subside, subsidence, sway, swimming bath, swimming hole, swimming pool, swing, swoop, swoop down, tail off, take a flier, take a header, tear, tend, tend to go, thrash about, thrust, topple, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, trade on margin, travel, trend downward, trim, trip, trot, tumble, turn, uncertainty, venture, venture capital, volutation, wading pool, wager, wallop, wallow, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, welter, whirl, wide-open speed, yaw

Etymology

From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plonger, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicare (“to throw a leaded line”), from Latin plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce.

Pronunciation

Translations

Noun

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

Verb

to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse
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Anagrams

References

  • Plunge in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • “Plunge” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.
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