plunge
1. [ verb ] Thrust or throw into
Synonyms: immerse
Examples:

"Immerse yourself in the hot water"

Related terms: penetrate soak dunk sheathe submerge dip dip piston
2. [ verb ] drop steeply
Synonyms: dive plunk
Examples:

"the stock market plunged"

Related terms: descend duck crash-dive sky_dive nosedive power-dive
3. [ verb ] dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
Examples:

"She plunged at it eagerly"

Related terms: dart launch
4. [ verb ] begin with vigor
Synonyms: launch
Examples:

"He launched into a long diatribe" "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

Related terms: begin
5. [ verb ] begin with vigor
Synonyms: launch
Examples:

"He launched into a long diatribe" "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

Related terms: begin
6. [ noun ] (sport) a brief swim in water
Synonyms: dip
Related terms: swimming dunk
7. [ verb ] cause to be immersed
Synonyms: immerse
Examples:

"The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

Related terms: steep steep
8. [ verb ] fall abruptly
Synonyms: dump
Examples:

"It plunged to the bottom of the well"

Related terms: drop dive
9. [ verb ] engross (oneself) fully
Synonyms: engulf steep engross absorb immerse soak_up
Examples:

"He immersed himself into his studies"

Related terms: concentrate drink_in concentration intentness
10. [ verb ] immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Synonyms: dip dunk douse souse
Examples:

"dip the garment into the cleaning solution" "dip the brush into the paint"

Related terms: immerse dabble sop dip dipper ducking drenching dip
11. [ noun ] a steep drop
Related terms: drop
Similar spelling:   plunger
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  planakeen
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