Crossword-Solution: PLUNGER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Plunger | n. | One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. |
| Plunger | n. | A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. |
| Plunger | n. | One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. |
| Plunger | n. | A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. |
| Plunger | n. | The firing pin of a breechloader. |
We have 21 clues for the answer “PLUNGER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Use it to clear 1? | 1 answer |
| used to clean clogged drains | 1 answer |
| Tool with a rubber cup | 1 answer |
| Tool that unclogs using suction | 1 answer |
| Sink unblocker | 1 answer |
| Reckless Monte Carlo patron | 1 answer |
| Daring speculator. | 1 answer |
| Help for a draining job? | 1 answer |
| Plumber's helper | 2 answers |
| Plumber's need | 3 answers |
| Draining tool | 3 answers |
| Clog clearer | 4 answers |
| HYPODERMIC | 5 answers |
| dasher | 5 answers |
| IMPRUDENT person | 12 answers |
| FOOLHARDY person | 12 answers |
| Beater | 19 answers |
| diver | 23 answers |
| gambler | 27 answers |
| Ram | 32 answers |
| Nozzle | 42 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EERAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PLUNGER (5)
Bramah's machine consists of a large and massive cylinder, in which there works an accurately-fitted solid piston or plunger.
Inside the barrel of the electric pen a little plunger, carrying the stylus, travels to and fro at a very high rate of speed, due to the attraction and repulsion of the solenoid coils of wire surrounding it; and as the hand of the writer guides it the pen thus makes its record in a series of very minute perforations in the paper.
The lubricating oil pump is of the valveless two-plunger type, so geared that it runs at seven revolutions to 100 revolutions of the engine; by counting the pulsations the speed of the engine can be quickly calculated by multiplying the pulsations by 100 and dividing by seven.
The crowd had read the newspapers, and such head-lines as “He Cannot Lose!” “Young Carter Wins $70,000!” “Boy Plunger Wins Again!” “Carter Makes Big Killing!” “The Ring Hit Hard!” “The Man Who Cannot Lose!” “Carter Beats Book-makers!” had whetted their curiosity and filled many with absolute faith in his luck.
What plunger into human thought could reach the bottom of this? Who shall fathom this immense yearning for flowers that springs from mud? In the secret self of these hapless women is a strange equilibrium that consoles and reassures them.
Quotes with PLUNGER (3)
Like so many women for whom money has always been provided without their understanding how, she was prepared to be a thorough and irresponsible plunger.
You know, I liken it to - when you write a joke for somebody else, it's like you - you know, like the Wile E. Coyote dynamite plunger, where he pushes the plunger down and then you see the fuse go then there's an explosion in the distance? That's like writing a joke for somebody. When you tell the joke, you're in the explosion.
I play these sort of comical instruments I invented, like the electric rake and the electric plunger. I do a lot of almost stand-up comedy material. Just the juxtaposition of the different styles in itself sometimes is funny. Like, I do sort of an acoustic version of 'Purple Haze' that has some bluegrass licks in it.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, WP, WSJ.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1951–2022).