plunger

plunger (plun′jər)

noun

a person who plunges, or dives
a large, rubber suction cup with a long handle, used to free clogged drains
any cylindrical device that operates with a plunging motion, as a piston
Informal a person who acts hastily or recklessly; esp., a rash gambler or speculator

Preposition: of

syringe: The needle is then advanced slowly with gentle pressure on the plunger of the syringe.

Converse of object

depress: The valve cap was apparently used to depress a little plunger in the valve, allowing air to be pumped into the tire.
push: Someone, a real person, would flick the switch, push the plunger or pull the trigger.
pull: Hold the syringe with the vial upside down and pull the plunger to draw all the solution into the syringe.
spring: The third part of the door bumper assembly ( the sprung loaded plunger ) will be simply turned from solid.
press: The Dorgard operates by pressing the rubber plunger down, which holds the door open.
use: A blocked sink is an unhappy sink... You may never need to use a plunger again.

Adjective modifier

large: One of your colleagues has found a large plunger and is approaching the toilets with an expression of grim determination.
little: The valve cap was apparently used to depress a little plunger in the valve, allowing air to be pumped into the tire.

Modifies a noun

pump: Alternatively, buy a plunger pump or a hand operated compressed air pump.
rod: Pump plunger rods attached to the outer free ends travel in substantially straight-line motion.
mechanism: A plunger mechanism then operates the valve to start the gyro.
system: The machine retains the MCP ' plunger over screw plasticising ' design, with a 16 mm transfer screw feeding a plunger system.
type: Plunger type toy with a bee on a flower.

Noun used with modifier

syringe: Each weight marking on the syringe plunger delivers sufficient paste to treat 100kg of bodyweight.
sink: I was frantic - sink plunger, whisk, shuffling along; ' Mr Grimsdale!
cushion: If you don't have a cushion plunger just ignore the remarks about the plunger.
toilet: We will force feed vegans a meat slurry with toilet plungers.
rubber: Then its time to screw on the rubber plunger.
pump: Nicotine nasal spray consists of a bottle of nicotine solution which is sprayed into a nostril by an air pump plunger via a nozzle.

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