Plunger vs Plunged - What's the difference?
plunger | plunged |
A device that is used to remove blockages from a toilet or sink by suction.
The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
The part of a that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
One who plunges; a diver.
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.
The moving portion of solenoid.
(pinball) The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
(dated, slang) A reckless gambler.
(pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
(firearms) The firing pin of a breechloader.
(plunge)
the act of plunging or submerging
a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
(figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
(slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
(obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty
(label) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.
To cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
To baptize by immersion.
(label) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge one's self.
To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
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(label) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
* (Joseph Hall) (1574-1656)
To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
* (Thomas Browne) (1605-1682)
To overwhelm, overpower.
As a noun plunger
is a device that is used to remove blockages from a toilet or sink by suction.As a verb plunged is
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(wikipedia plunger)Noun
(en noun)- (Knight)
Synonyms
* (device) plumber's helper (colloquial), plumber's friend (colloquial)Derived terms
* autoplungerplunged
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*plunge
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Noun
(en noun)- to take the water with a plunge
- plunge in the sea
Verb
(plung)- some wild colt, which flings and plunges
- Plunged and gravelled with three lines of Seneca.