Antonyms for plunge
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pluhnj |
| Phonetic Transcription : plÊŒndÊ’ |
Definition of plunge
Origin :- late 14c., "to put or thrust violently into," also intransitive, from Old French plongier "plunge, sink into; plunge into, dive in" (mid-12c., Modern French plonger), from Vulgar Latin *plumbicare "to heave the lead," from Latin plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Original notion perhaps is of a sounding lead or a fishing net weighted with lead. Related: Plunged; plunging. Plunging neckline attested from 1949.
- noun quick drop; enthusiastic attempt
- verb dive or fall fast
- "I knew he'd plunge," he said, taking the chair proffered him, near Shepler's desk.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Now, she quickened her pace, anxious for the plunge that should set the term to sorrow.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- She lay looking at me like a deer that I had shot, waiting for me to plunge in the knife.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- And if you have no weapon take my knife and plunge it into this sad heart, and let me die!
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- We might dine early, and plunge into the desert later, when the moon was high.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- My departure terrified him, and the wind caused him to plunge from right to left.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I did not ask the cause of the plunge; the two little mules told me that.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- Missy gave a plunge, turned round on her hind-legs, and tore from the place.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- One moment of heedless inconsideration may plunge thee in years of calamity.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- I am a word, with meanings many; To plunge, is just as good as any.
- Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various
Synonyms for plunge
- belly flop
- belly-flop
- career
- cast
- charge
- dash
- descend
- descent
- dip
- dive
- drive
- drop
- duck
- dunk
- fall
- fling
- go down
- go the limit
- go whole hog
- high dive
- hurtle
- immerge
- immerse
- immersion
- investment
- jump
- keel
- lunge
- lurch
- nose-dive
- pitch
- plummet
- plunk
- propel
- rush
- shoot the works
- sink
- sound
- spree
- submerge
- submergence
- submerse
- submersion
- swoop
- take a flyer
- take a header
- tear
- throw
- throw oneself
- thrust
- topple
- tumble
- venture
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