plunge

Meaning

Verb

1. To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
2. To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
3. (obsolete) To baptize by immersion.
4. To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
5. To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
6. To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
7. (slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
8. (obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
9. (obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower.

Noun

1. The act of plunging or submerging.
2. A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
3. A swimming pool.
4. 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.

Synonyms

dive

dip

immerse

sink

submerge

fall

jump

dunk

souse

drop

submerse

plummet

duck

🦆

douse

nosedive

spring

rush

leap

lunge

absorb

dig

engross

launch

plunk

soak

steep

stick

thrust

go down

splash

submersion

overthrow

swoop

ram

🐏

engulf

pitch

topple

dump

disembark

crash

diving

tumble

soak up

merge

dash

💨

get rid of

hit

hop

hurl

hurtle

imbed

imbue

immerge

countersink

immersion

impress

imprint

indebtedness

indulge

insert

in the red

jab

jam

collapse

jump in

lance

dip to immerse

close

liability

lock

🔒

lower

charge

lurch

burst

overwhelm

plough

buck

dive into water

poke

pore

pounce

pour

press

propel

prostrate

push

rake

recess

regurgitate

bound

saturate

scuba diving

scuttle

set

sheathe

shut

bounce

skip

saddled with debt

sop

bear down

bathe

stab

stamp

negative asset

against us

stoop

stuff

barge

submergence

apply

swamp

throw

thrown

jump into water

scamper away

tum

whisk

zoom

dive into

plunge into

shower down

stick into

swoop down

incur debts

drag into

hit at

plunge in

dart away

descend

decline

drench

drive

droop

drop down

drown

dart

🎯

ducking

engrave

plunge pool

cram

fasten

fetch

fling

flit

fly

✈️

fly by

force

forge

founder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plʌnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: plungen

In summary

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.