To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
to plunge the body into water
To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.
to plunge a dagger into the breast
To remove a blockage by suction.
to plunge a toilet
The act of plunging or submerging.
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
to take the water with a plunge
A swimming pool.
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 plu...
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