plunge

/plʌndʒ/ · noun

Meaning

The act of plunging or submerging
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
A swimming pool
The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty
To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
To baptize by immersion.
To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.

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