Meaning

6 senses
  1. The act of plunging or submerging.

  2. A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).

    to take the water with a plunge

    A plunge into the sea

    Eintauchen, Tauchen, Untertauchen

    прыжо́кpryžók, ныряниеnyrjanije

  3. (dated)A swimming pool.

  4. (figuratively)The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.

  5. (slang)Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.

  6. (obsolete)An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty.

More definitions
  • a steep and rapid fall
  • a brief swim in water

Examples

83 sentences
  1. We plunged into the river.

    Ми пірнули до річки. — deniko

    ruМы бросились в реку. — shanghainese

    deWir sprangen in den Fluss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Stock prices plunged to a record low.

    deDie Aktienpreise fielen auf ein Rekordtief. — samueldora

  3. I could feel nothing but the knife as it plunged into my back.

    ruЯ мог лишь чувствовать, как нож входит мне в спину. — threepwood

    deIch konnte nichts als das Messer spüren, als es sich in meinen Rücken versenkte. — Espi

  4. The plane exploded and plunged into the ocean, killing all the people on board.

  5. Tom plunged into the water.

    ruТом нырнул в воду. — marafon

    deTom sprang ins Wasser. — Dani6187

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
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:

Origin

From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (M

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

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Forms

plural: plunges
Singularplunge
Pluralplunges

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a brief swim in water:dip

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbus plunge

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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