Crossword-Solution: PLUNGE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| 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. |
| Plunge | v. t. | To baptize by immersion. |
| Plunge | v. t. | To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. |
| Plunge | 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. |
| Plunge | v. i. | To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. |
| Plunge | 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. |
| Plunge | 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. |
| Plunge | n. | Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. |
| Plunge | n. | The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. |
| Plunge | n. | Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PLUNGE | anagram | PUNGLE |
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Sentences with PLUNGE (5)
Ichabod, whose fears increased with the delay, jerked the reins on the other side, and kicked lustily with the contrary foot: it was all in vain; his steed started, it is true, but it was only to plunge to the opposite side of the road into a thicket of brambles and alder bushes.
Cratchit, looking slowly all along the carving-knife, prepared to plunge it in the breast; but when she did, and when the long expected gush of stuffing issued forth, one murmur of delight arose all round the board, and even Tiny Tim, excited by the two young Cratchits, beat on the table with the handle of his knife, and feebly cried Hurrah! There never was such a goose.
When the feet tread empty air and the distance below is shrouded in darkness there is a feeling akin to panic at the thought of releasing the hold and taking the plunge into unknown depths.
With their sharp hooks the combatants attempted to take hold of an adversary, but like lightning the cupshaped shield would spring before the darting weapon and into its hollow the hook would plunge.
The error is, indeed, a venial one, but it is just one of those little things which at once enable a lawyer to know if the writer is a layman or “one of the craft.” But when a layman ventures to plunge deeply into legal subjects, he is naturally apt to make an exhibition of his incompetence.
Quotes with PLUNGE (3)
For Ragamuffins, God's name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair - for some, self-destruction. Time alone with God reveals the unfathomable depths of the poverty of the spirit. We are so poor that even our poverty is not our own: It belongs to the mysterium tremendum of a loving God.
It wasn't as if she was terrified of heights, she simply preferred to be closer to solid ground, where words like plummet and plunge did not linger in her mind.
No one is adequate to comprehending the misery of my lot! Fate obliges me to be constantly in movement: I am not permitted to pass more than a fortnight in the same place. I have no Friend in the world, and from the restlessness of my destiny I never can acquire one. Fain would I lay down my miserable life, for I envy those who enjoy the quiet of the Grave: But Death eludes me, and flies from my embrace. In vain do I throw myself in the way of danger. I plunge into the Ocean;…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 51 times in crossword archives (1952–2024).