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Meaning Of Plunge
v. t.
To thrust into water, or into any substance that is
penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and
forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a
dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation
into war.
v. t.
To baptize by immersion.
v. t.
To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
v. i.
To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid;
to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the
river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt.
v. i.
To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently
forward, as a horse does.
v. i.
To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race,
or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous
speculations.
n.
The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap,
rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a
plunge.
n.
Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being
submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
n.
The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or
violently forward, like an unruly horse.
n.
Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous
speculation.