plunge

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To baptize by immersion. Source: opted

3. v. t. To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. Source: opted

4. v. i. 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. Source: opted

5. v. i. To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. Source: opted

6. v. i. To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations. Source: opted

7. n. 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. Source: opted

8. n. Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. Source: opted

9. n. The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. Source: opted

10. n. Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. Source: opted

11. n. a brief swim in water Source: wordnet

12. n. a steep and rapid fall Source: wordnet

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