plunge has definitions from the field of sport
1
[ verb ] Thrust or throw into

Synonyms

immerse

Examples

"Immerse yourself in the hot water"

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

An open field was better than a building , that was for_sure , so he dismounted , turned off the horse , and plunged through the grass .

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

I would have stood there and died there if left to myself , but Cousin_Simmons grabbed my arm in his viselike grip and fairly plucked me out of there ; and_then I came_to some sanity and plunged away with such extraordinary speed that I outdistanced Cousin_Simmons by_far .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

He had plunged into the dark woods beyond .

2
[ verb ] drop steeply

Synonyms

dive plunk

Examples

"the stock market plunged"

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

But at_least the pessimists who believed that the world_organization had plunged to its death in that plane crash in the Congo have been proved wrong .

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Shot near the heart , he turned to one side and plunged for a door to another room several feet away , three bullets following him .

3
[ verb ] dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

Examples

"She plunged at it eagerly"

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Recklessly hurling the bronc sidewise into an intersecting draw , he plunged forward with undiminished speed .

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"

Used in print

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

But he plunges into yet another , this time with Norway , and is killed in an assault on the fortress of Fredrikshall , being only thirty-six years of_age when he died .

Related terms

begin

6
[ noun ] (sport) a brief swim in water

Synonyms

dip

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

There are some sharp and whipping lines and some hilariously funny situations - the best of the latter being a mass impromptu plunge into a nightclub tank where a `` mermaid '' is performing .

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"

Used in print

(R. Leslie Gourse, With Gall and Honey....)

The teacher plunged the children into a new portion , this time in Hebrew , rapping the stick incessantly .

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

Examples

"He immersed himself into his studies"

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"

11
[ noun ] a steep drop

Related terms

drop

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