English

Pronunciation
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Noun
plunge (plural: plunges)
#The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge.
#Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
#The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
#Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.

Verb
en-verb|plung|ing

1. To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war.
2. To baptize by immersion.
3. To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
4. To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt.
5. To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
6. To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.

Translations

Spanish: zambullir (1,4)
Lithuanian: nerti, nardymas

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