plunge

Etymology 1
From, , , from , (Modern French ), from unattested frequentative , from. Compare,.

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)  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)  To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
 * 8)  To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
 * 9)  To overwhelm, overpower.
 * 1)  To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
 * 2)  To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
 * 3)  To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
 * 4)  To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
 * 5)  To overwhelm, overpower.
 * 1)  To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
 * 2)  To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
 * 3)  To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
 * 4)  To overwhelm, overpower.
 * 1)  To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
 * 2)  To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
 * 3)  To overwhelm, overpower.
 * 1)  To overwhelm, overpower.

Translations

 * Aromanian: afundu
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ponořit se, pohroužit se, potopit se
 * Esperanto: plonĝi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: tum
 * Italian:
 * Latin: mergō
 * Persian: غوطه رفتن
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: ponoriť, pohrúžiť, vnoriť sa
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * French: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Slovak: zaboriť, zabodnúť
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: гмуркам се, потапям се
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ponořit se, pohroužit se, potopit se
 * Esperanto: plonĝiĝi
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , , , , , hineinfallen, hineinstürzen,
 * Irish: tum
 * Maori: urupou
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: ponoriť sa, vnoriť sa, potopiť sa
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: хвърлям се
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ponořit se, pohroužit se, vrhnout se
 * French:
 * German:, , hineinstürzen,
 * Maori: tapakō
 * Slovak: vrhnúť sa
 * Spanish:


 * German: vorwärtsstürzen, voranstürzen
 * Slovak: skočiť, vrhnúť sa strmhlav


 * Lithuanian: nerti, nardymas
 * Portuguese:, (-se)
 * Spanish: (1,4)

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)  Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
 * 6)  An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty.
 * 1)  Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
 * 2)  An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty.
 * 1)  An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: гмуркане, скок във вода
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Eintauchen, Tauchen, Untertauchen,, Herabstürzen, , , Hineinfallen, Herabfallen, Hineinstürzen,
 * Italian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tumadh
 * Spanish:

Etymology 2
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Verb

 * 1)  To remove a blockage by suction.