Plunge

Noun

 * 1) the act of plunging or submerging
 * 2) a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
 * to take the water with a plunge
 * plunge in the sea
 * 1)  the act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
 * 2)  heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
 * 3)  an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty

Verb

 * 1)  to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse;
 * to plunge the body into water
 * 1)  to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action
 * to plunge a dagger into the breast
 * to plunge a nation into war
 * 1)  to baptize by immersion
 * 2)  to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge one's self
 * he plunged into the river
 * 1)  to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition
 * to plunge into debt
 * to plunge into controversy
 * 1)  to pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does
 * 2)  to bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations
 * 3)  to entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle)
 * 4)  to overwhelm, overpower
 * 1)  to overwhelm, overpower

Adjectives for Plunge
occasional; desperate; constant (pi); useless; despised; sounding.

Adverbs for Plunge
rashly; daringly; heavily; wildly; impetuously; determinedly; fiercely; violently; desperately.

Thesaurus
abate, ablate, advance, agiotage, ante, ante up, arbitrage, ascend, back, back up, bate, be caught short, be eaten away, be short, beat down, belong, bet, bet on, blunder, boil, break, bucket, bucketshop, budge, bundle, burst, burst of speed, bustle, buy in, buy into, buying in, calculated risk, call, canter, careen, career, cascade, catabasis, cataract, chance, change, change place, charge, chase, cheapen, cheapening, circle, climb, collapse, come down, consume, consume away, corrode, cover, crash, cropper, crowd, crumble, culbute, cut, cut prices, dash, dash off, dash on, dead run, deceleration, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrease, decrescendo, deflate, deflation, deliquesce, deposit margin, depreciate, depreciation, descend, descent, devaluate, devaluation, die away, dig, diminish, diminuendo, dip, dip down, dive, dive into, dogtrot, double-time, down, downtrend, downturn, drive, drop, drop down, drop off, dwindle, dwindling, ebb, engulf, equity capital, erode, fade, fall, fall away, fall down, fall headlong, fall in price, fall off, falter, festinate, financier, flank speed, flat-out speed, flier, fling, flop, flounce, flounder, flow, flutter, forced draft, forced landing, fortune, full gallop, gallop, gamble, get going, get moving, get over, give way, go, go around, go down, go downhill, go long, go off half-cocked, go round, go sideways, gravitate, gyrate, hand gallop, hasten, hazard, head, header, headlong rush, heave, heavy right foot, high lope, hobbyhorse, hold on, hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hustle, immerse, immersion, incline, invest, invest in, investment, jew down, jog trot, keel over, labor, languish, lapse, lay, lay a wager, lay down, lay out money, lead, lean, leap, lessen, let up, liquidation, lope, lose altitude, lose no time, lower, lowering, luck, lunge, lurch, make a bet, make a killing, make a scoop, make an investment, make haste, make heavy weather, margin up, mark down, markdown, maximum speed, meet a bet, melt away, miss the market, mount, move, move over, move quickly, natatorium, nose dive, nose-dive, nosedive, open throttle, operate, overstay the market, overwhelm, parachute, pare, parlay, pass, pitch, pitch and plunge, pitch and toss, place, play, play against, play the market, plop, plow back into, plummet, plummeting, plump, plunge bath, plunge headlong, plunge into, plunk, point, pool, post, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, pound, pour down, pratfall, precipitate, press on, price cut, price fall, price reduction, prime investment, profit taking, progress, propel, punt, push, push on, put, pyramid, race, rain, ram, rear, reduce, reduction, reel, regress, reinvest, remission, retreat, retrogress, rise, risk, rock, roll, rotate, round trade, run, run low, rush, rush into, rush through, sag, scalp, scalping, scamper, scend, scoop the market, scramble, scud, scurry, scuttle, see, seethe, settle, shave, shift, shove, shrink, sink, sink money in, skid, skin-dive, sky-dive, slash, slowdown, slump, soar, sound, speculate, speculation, spill, spin, spot sale, sprawl, sprint, spurt, stab, stag, stag the market, stagger, stake, stand pat, stick, stir, stockjobbery, stockjobbing, stoop, stream, struggle, stumble, submerge, submersion, subside, subsidence, sway, swimming bath, swimming hole, swimming pool, swing, swoop, swoop down, tail off, take a flier, take a header, tear, tend, tend to go, thrash about, thrust, topple, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, trade on margin, travel, trend downward, trim, trip, trot, tumble, turn, uncertainty, venture, venture capital, volutation, wading pool, wager, wallop, wallow, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, welter, whirl, wide-open speed, yaw

Etymology
From plungen:, ploungen:,  plungier:, from  plonger:, (Modern French plonger:), from unattested  frequentative *undefined:, from  plumbum:. Compare plumb:, plounce:.

Noun

 * Italian: immersione
 * Russian:, ныряние


 * Scottish Gaelic: tumadh

Verb

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

Anagrams

 * pungle