plunger

1. A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.

   Saugglocke, Ausgussreiniger, Abflussstampfer

   ва́нтузvántuz, ванту́зvantúz

   ва́нтузvántuz, ванту́зvantúz

2. The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.

3. The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.

   плу́нжерplúnžer, ска́лкаskálka, по́ршеньpóršenʹ

4. Certain equipment for brewing coffee.

   The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.

   Kolben

   френч-пре́ссfrɛnč-préss

5. A cafetière, through abbreviation of coffee plunger.

6. One who plunges; a diver.

   ныря́льщикnyrjálʹščik, ныря́льщицаnyrjálʹščica, водола́зvodoláz

   someone who dives (into water)

7. A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.

8. A cavalryman.

9. A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.

10. The moving portion of a solenoid.

11. The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.

12. (dated, slang)A reckless gambler or gamble.

1. Do you have a toilet plunger I could borrow?

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2. How can you unclog a toilet without a plunger?

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3. I have a plunger.

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4. Where's the plunger?

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5. Ziri doesn't want to clean the plunger.

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