plunge
Pronunciation:
/plʌndʒ/noun
Definitions
The act of plunging or submerging
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
Example: A plunge into the sea
A swimming pool
The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
verb
Definitions
To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
Example: to plunge the body into water
To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
Example: to plunge a dagger into the breast; to plunge a nation into war
To baptize by immersion.
To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
Example: he plunged into the river