"plunge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /plʌnd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-us-plunge.ogg [US] Forms: plunges [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌnd͡ʒ Etymology: From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), from plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plungen}} Middle English plungen, {{m|enm|ploungen}} ploungen, {{der|en|xno|plungier}} Anglo-Norman plungier, {{der|en|fro|plongier}} Old French plongier, {{m|fr|plonger}} plonger, {{der|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la|*plumbicō||to throw a leaded line}} *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), {{m|la|plumbum||lead}} plumbum (“lead”), {{m|en|plumb}} plumb, {{m|en|plounce}} plounce Head templates: {{en-noun}} plunge (plural plunges)
  1. The act of plunging or submerging.
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-noun-7mjLslIf
  2. A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water). Translations (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): гмуркане (gmurkane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), скок във вода (skok vǎv voda) [masculine] (Bulgarian), immersió [feminine] (Catalan), sukellus (Finnish), plongée [feminine] (French), Eintauchen [neuter] (German), Tauchen [neuter] (German), Untertauchen [neuter] (German), Stürzen [neuter] (German), Herabstürzen [neuter] (German), Sturz [masculine] (German), Fall [masculine] (German), Hineinfallen [neuter] (German), Herabfallen [neuter] (German), Hineinstürzen [neuter] (German), Kopfsprung [masculine] (German), immersione (Italian), прыжо́к (pryžók) [masculine] (Russian), ныряние (nyrjanije) [neuter] (Russian), tumadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), inmersión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-noun-I8P8SPCh Disambiguation of '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': 14 59 7 9 6 5
  3. (dated) A swimming pool. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-noun-fGhU-s4s Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English back-formations: 6 4 21 4 15 16 4 3 4 3 3 1 2 8 2 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 24 4 17 19 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 9 1 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 3 24 4 18 16 4 2 3 3 2 1 1 9 1 4
  4. (figuratively) The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-noun-0DwXjvv8
  5. (slang) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. Tags: slang Synonyms: plunger
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-noun-JcHI123r
  6. (obsolete) An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-noun-xzP~nvuv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /plʌnd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-us-plunge.ogg [US] Forms: plunges [present, singular, third-person], plunging [participle, present], plunged [participle, past], plunged [past]
Rhymes: -ʌnd͡ʒ Etymology: From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), from plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plungen}} Middle English plungen, {{m|enm|ploungen}} ploungen, {{der|en|xno|plungier}} Anglo-Norman plungier, {{der|en|fro|plongier}} Old French plongier, {{m|fr|plonger}} plonger, {{der|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la|*plumbicō||to throw a leaded line}} *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), {{m|la|plumbum||lead}} plumbum (“lead”), {{m|en|plumb}} plumb, {{m|en|plounce}} plounce Head templates: {{en-verb}} plunge (third-person singular simple present plunges, present participle plunging, simple past and past participle plunged)
  1. (transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse. Tags: transitive Translations (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse): afundu (Aromanian), потапям (potapjam) (Bulgarian), submergir (Catalan), ponořit se [perfective] (Czech), pohroužit se [perfective] (Czech), potopit se [perfective] (Czech), plonĝi (Esperanto), syöstä (Finnish), plonger (French), eintauchen (German), tauchen (German), untertauchen (German), senken (German), versenken (German), plunjar (Ido), tum (Irish), immergere (Italian), mergō (Latin), غوطه رفتن (ğute raftan) (Persian), afunda (Romanian), погружать (pogružatʹ) (Russian), ponoriť (Slovak), pohrúžiť (Slovak), vnoriť sa (Slovak), sumergir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-ld8pJELD Disambiguation of 'to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse': 65 6 4 12 5 1 1 3 1
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action): хвърлям (hvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), precipitar (Catalan), plonger (French), précipiter (French), stoßen (German), stürzen (German), stecken (German), treiben (German), precipitar (Ido), zaboriť (Slovak), zabodnúť (Slovak), precipitar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-pOCDmc06 Disambiguation of '(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action': 7 46 3 4 31 4 1 3 1
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-SjqYE~dN
  4. (intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself. Tags: intransitive Translations ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself): гмуркам се (gmurkam se) (Bulgarian), потапям се (potapjam se) (Bulgarian), submergir-se (Catalan), ponořit se [perfective] (Czech), pohroužit se [perfective] (Czech), potopit se [perfective] (Czech), plonĝiĝi (Esperanto), plonger (French), se plonger (French), stürzen (German), untertauchen (German), abtauchen (German), tauchen (German), eintauchen (German), abstürzen (German), herabstürzen (German), hineinfallen (German), hineinstürzen (German), herabfallen (German), tum (Irish), urupou (Maori), ныря́ть (nyrjátʹ) (Russian), मज्जति (majjati) (Sanskrit), ponoriť sa (Slovak), vnoriť sa (Slovak), potopiť sa (Slovak), sumergirse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-AHIa57lD Disambiguation of '(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself': 9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2
  5. (figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition. Tags: figuratively, intransitive Translations ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition): хвърлям се (hvǎrljam se) (Bulgarian), capbussar-se (Catalan), ponořit se [perfective] (Czech), pohroužit se [perfective] (Czech), vrhnout se [perfective] (Czech), se plonger (French), stürzen (German), eintauchen (German), hineinstürzen (German), fallen (German), tapakō (note: in the air) (Maori), vrhnúť sa (Slovak), zambullirse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-fEsQUZIk Disambiguation of '(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition': 5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2
  6. (intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. Tags: intransitive Translations ((intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does): vorwärtsstürzen (German), voranstürzen (German), skočiť (Slovak), vrhnúť sa strmhlav (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-xkvymz~9 Disambiguation of '(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does': 3 6 1 6 10 61 4 6 4
  7. (intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-ocaf7j1z
  8. (intransitive, obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle). Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-tcTF62rG
  9. (intransitive, obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-AS3-k20O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: plunge bath, plunge bra, plunge in, plunge into, plunge pool, plunge waterfall, polar bear plunge, take the plunge
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /plʌnd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-us-plunge.ogg [US] Forms: plunges [present, singular, third-person], plunging [participle, present], plunged [participle, past], plunged [past]
Rhymes: -ʌnd͡ʒ Etymology: Back-formation from plunger. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|plunger}} Back-formation from plunger Head templates: {{en-verb}} plunge (third-person singular simple present plunges, present participle plunging, simple past and past participle plunged)
  1. (transitive) To remove a blockage by suction. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-plunge-en-verb-DWkyKE82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "plunjar"
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          "word": "tum"
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          "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
          "word": "immergere"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
          "word": "mergō"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
          "word": "غوطه رفتن"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
          "word": "afunda"
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          "roman": "pogružatʹ",
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          "word": "погружать"
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          "word": "ponoriť"
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          "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
          "word": "vnoriť sa"
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          "_dis1": "65 6 4 12 5 1 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
          "word": "sumergir"
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          "text": "to plunge a dagger into the breast",
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        {
          "text": "to plunge a nation into war",
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        {
          "text": "the city was plunged into darkness",
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        {
          "ref": "2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
          "text": "Jon isn’t lying when he tells her she will always be his queen, right before plunging a knife into her. He genuinely swore obedience, and sees himself as a traitor when he commits the deeds.",
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          "roman": "hvǎrljam",
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          "word": "хвърлям"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "precipitar"
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          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "plonger"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "précipiter"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "stoßen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 46 3 4 31 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "stürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 46 3 4 31 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "stecken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 46 3 4 31 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "treiben"
        },
        {
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "precipitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 46 3 4 31 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "zaboriť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 46 3 4 31 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "zabodnúť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 46 3 4 31 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
          "word": "precipitar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To baptize by immersion."
      ],
      "id": "en-plunge-en-verb-SjqYE~dN",
      "links": [
        [
          "baptize",
          "baptize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "he plunged into the river",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself."
      ],
      "id": "en-plunge-en-verb-AHIa57lD",
      "links": [
        [
          "dive",
          "dive"
        ],
        [
          "leap",
          "leap"
        ],
        [
          "rush",
          "rush"
        ],
        [
          "submerge",
          "submerge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gmurkam se",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "гмуркам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "potapjam se",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "потапям се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "submergir-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ponořit se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pohroužit se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "potopit se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "plonĝiĝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "plonger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "se plonger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "stürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "untertauchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "abtauchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "tauchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "eintauchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "abstürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "herabstürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "hineinfallen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "hineinstürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "herabfallen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "tum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "urupou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nyrjátʹ",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "ныря́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "majjati",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "मज्जति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "ponoriť sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "vnoriť sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "potopiť sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 2 66 8 3 3 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
          "word": "sumergirse"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to plunge into debt",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to plunge into controversy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "profits plunge 90%",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 17, Chris Isidore, “Target profit plunges 90% as inflation-weary shoppers pull back”, in CNN",
          "text": "Target reported profit plunged 90% in the second quarter, falling far short of expectations, as inflation-weary customers pulled back on spending on nonessential items.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition."
      ],
      "id": "en-plunge-en-verb-fEsQUZIk",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "rush",
          "rush"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hvǎrljam se",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "хвърлям се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "capbussar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ponořit se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pohroužit se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vrhnout se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "se plonger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "stürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "eintauchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "hineinstürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "fallen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "in the air",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "tapakō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "vrhnúť sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 25 1 8 49 5 2 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
          "word": "zambullirse"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does."
      ],
      "id": "en-plunge-en-verb-xkvymz~9",
      "links": [
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ],
        [
          "throw",
          "throw"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 6 10 61 4 6 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does",
          "word": "vorwärtsstürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 6 10 61 4 6 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does",
          "word": "voranstürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 6 10 61 4 6 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does",
          "word": "skočiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 6 10 61 4 6 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does",
          "word": "vrhnúť sa strmhlav"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling."
      ],
      "id": "en-plunge-en-verb-ocaf7j1z",
      "links": [
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ],
        [
          "risk",
          "risk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle)."
      ],
      "id": "en-plunge-en-verb-tcTF62rG",
      "links": [
        [
          "entangle",
          "entangle"
        ],
        [
          "embarrass",
          "embarrass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To overwhelm, overpower."
      ],
      "id": "en-plunge-en-verb-AS3-k20O",
      "links": [
        [
          "overwhelm",
          "overwhelm"
        ],
        [
          "overpower",
          "overpower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/plʌnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌnd͡ʒ"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-plunge.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-us-plunge.ogg/En-us-plunge.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-plunge.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "plunge"
  ],
  "word": "plunge"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "plungen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English plungen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ploungen"
      },
      "expansion": "ploungen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "plungier"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman plungier",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "plongier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French plongier",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "plonger"
      },
      "expansion": "plonger",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "*plumbicō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to throw a leaded line"
      },
      "expansion": "*plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "plumbum",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lead"
      },
      "expansion": "plumbum (“lead”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "plumb"
      },
      "expansion": "plumb",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "plounce"
      },
      "expansion": "plounce",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), from plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plunges",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "plunge (plural plunges)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of plunging or submerging."
      ],
      "id": "en-plunge-en-noun-7mjLslIf",
      "links": [
        [
          "plunging",
          "plunging"
        ],
        [
          "submerging",
          "submerging"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to take the water with a plunge",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A plunge into the sea",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)."
      ],
      "id": "en-plunge-en-noun-I8P8SPCh",
      "links": [
        [
          "dive",
          "dive"
        ],
        [
          "leap",
          "leap"
        ],
        [
          "rush",
          "rush"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "14 59 7 9 6 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gmurkane",
          "sense": "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",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "гмуркане"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 59 7 9 6 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skok vǎv voda",
          "sense": "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",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "скок във вода"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 59 7 9 6 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "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",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "immersió"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 59 7 9 6 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "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",
          "word": "sukellus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 59 7 9 6 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "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",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plongée"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 59 7 9 6 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "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",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Eintauchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 59 7 9 6 5",
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      "word": "plunge bra"
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      "word": "plunge in"
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      "word": "plunge into"
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      "word": "plunge pool"
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      "word": "plunge waterfall"
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          "text": "the city was plunged into darkness",
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        {
          "ref": "2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
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        "To baptize by immersion."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion."
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        "(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself."
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          "text": "to plunge into controversy",
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        "(intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does."
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        "(intransitive, obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower."
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      "code": "rup",
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      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "afundu"
    },
    {
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      "word": "потапям"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "submergir"
    },
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      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
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      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "potopit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "plonĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "syöstä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "plonger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "eintauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "tauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "untertauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "senken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "versenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "plunjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "tum"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "immergere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "mergō"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğute raftan",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "غوطه رفتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "afunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pogružatʹ",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "погружать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "ponoriť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "pohrúžiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "vnoriť sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
      "word": "sumergir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvǎrljam",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "хвърлям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "precipitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "plonger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "précipiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "stoßen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "stürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "stecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "treiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "precipitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "zaboriť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "zabodnúť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
      "word": "precipitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gmurkam se",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "гмуркам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "potapjam se",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "потапям се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "submergir-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ponořit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pohroužit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "potopit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "plonĝiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "plonger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "se plonger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "stürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "untertauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "abtauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "tauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "eintauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "abstürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "herabstürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "hineinfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "hineinstürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "herabfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "tum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "urupou"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nyrjátʹ",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "ныря́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "majjati",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "मज्जति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "ponoriť sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "vnoriť sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "potopiť sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
      "word": "sumergirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvǎrljam se",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "хвърлям се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "capbussar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ponořit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pohroužit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vrhnout se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "se plonger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "stürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "eintauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "hineinstürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "fallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "in the air",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "tapakō"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "vrhnúť sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
      "word": "zambullirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does",
      "word": "vorwärtsstürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does",
      "word": "voranstürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does",
      "word": "skočiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does",
      "word": "vrhnúť sa strmhlav"
    }
  ],
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    "plunge"
  ],
  "word": "plunge"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English plungen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "plonger",
      "name": "m"
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        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "-"
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      "expansion": "Late Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "plounce",
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        "plural"
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        "The act of plunging or submerging."
      ],
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          "plunging",
          "plunging"
        ],
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          "text": "to take the water with a plunge",
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        {
          "text": "A plunge into the sea",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)."
      ],
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        ],
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          "leap",
          "leap"
        ],
        [
          "rush",
          "rush"
        ]
      ]
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        "English dated terms"
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      "glosses": [
        "A swimming pool."
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        [
          "swimming pool",
          "swimming pool"
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        "(dated) A swimming pool."
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        "dated"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse."
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        [
          "headlong",
          "headlong"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation."
      ],
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        [
          "betting",
          "betting"
        ],
        [
          "speculation",
          "speculation"
        ]
      ],
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        "(slang) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "plunger"
        }
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty."
      ],
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        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "embarrassment",
          "embarrassment"
        ],
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          "distress",
          "distress"
        ],
        [
          "strait",
          "strait"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/plʌnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌnd͡ʒ"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gmurkane",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "гмуркане"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skok vǎv voda",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скок във вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "immersió"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "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",
      "word": "sukellus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plongée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Eintauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Untertauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Stürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Herabstürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sturz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fall"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hineinfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Herabfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hineinstürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kopfsprung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "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",
      "word": "immersione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pryžók",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прыжо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nyrjanije",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ныряние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inmersión"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "plunge"
  ],
  "word": "plunge"
}

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    "English back-formations",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English ergative verbs",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌnd͡ʒ",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌnd͡ʒ/1 syllable"
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        "2": "plunger"
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      "expansion": "Back-formation from plunger",
      "name": "back-formation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from plunger.",
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      "form": "plunges",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "present"
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plunged",
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          "text": "to plunge a toilet",
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        "To remove a blockage by suction."
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          "suction"
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        "(transitive) To remove a blockage by suction."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/plʌnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌnd͡ʒ"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-plunge.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-plunge.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "plunge"
  ],
  "word": "plunge"
}

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