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plunging

Variant of plunge

transitive verb plunged, plunging

to thrust, throw, or force suddenly (into a liquid, hole, condition, etc.): to plunge an oar into the water, to plunge a country into debt

intransitive verb

  1. to throw oneself, dive, or rush, as into water, a fight, etc.
  2. to move violently and rapidly downward or forward
  3. to pitch, as a ship
  4. to slope steeply, as a road
  5. to extend far down in a revealing way: a plunging neckline or back
  6. Informal to spend, gamble, or speculate heavily or rashly

noun

    1. a dive or downward leap
    2. a swim
  1. any sudden, violent plunging motion
  2. a place for plunging, or swimming
  3. Informal a heavy, rash investment or speculation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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