From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), from plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce.
Meanings
The act of plunging or submerging.
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
A plunge into the sea
to take the water with a plunge
(dated) A swimming pool.
(figuratively) The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
(slang) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
(obsolete) An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty.
de Untertauchen (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) · bg гмуркане (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) · de Herabstürzen (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) · es inmersión (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) · de Stürzen (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) · de Hineinfallen (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) · de Herabfallen (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) · fi sukellus (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) · ru ныряние (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) · de Hineinstürzen (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) · bg скок във вода (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) · it immersione (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) · ru прыжо́к (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) · fr plongée (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) · gd tumadh (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) · de Sturz (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) · de Kopfsprung (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) · de Tauchen (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) · de Eintauchen (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) · ca immersió (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) · de Fall (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)
From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), from plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce.
Meanings
(transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
to plunge the body into water
"Most of them don't wash. Those who do usually plunge their head into some brook or rill, if there happens to be one about." 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 53:
(figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.
He flicked a switch and the room was plunged into darkness.
to plunge a dagger into the breast
Jon isn’t lying when he tells her she will always be his queen, right before plunging a knife into her. He genuinely swore obedience, and sees himself as a traitor when he commits the deeds. 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:
the city was plunged into darkness
to plunge a nation into war
(obsolete, transitive) To baptize by immersion.
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
he plunged into the river
(figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
to plunge into debt
to plunge into controversy
The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…]. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
profits plunge 90%
Target reported profit plunged 90% in the second quarter, falling far short of expectations, as inflation-weary customers pulled back on spending on nonessential items. 2022 August 17, Chris Isidore, “Target profit plunges 90% as inflation-weary shoppers pull back”, in CNN:
Do we know how kinky practices began? Do we know who the first kinky people were? Well, no. […] Nevertheless, we shall plunge ahead into the past, using what facts we have to make informed assumptions on how we traveled the slippery slope from there to here. 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 32:
(intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
[N]ature affects a looſe kinde of liberty, vvhich it cannot indure to have reſtrained: neither fares it othervviſe vvith it, then vvith ſome vvilde colt; which at the firſt taking up, flings and plunges, and vvill ſtand on no ground; but after it hath been ſomvvhile diſciplin'd at the Poſt, is grovvn tractable, and quietly ſubmits either to the ſaddle, or the collar: […] 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter LXXXVI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, pages 249–250:
(intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
(intransitive, obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
Plunged and gravelled with three lines of Seneca. 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
fr plonger ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · ru ныря́ть ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · de stürzen ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · eo plonĝi ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · de treiben ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · ota طالمق ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · rup afundu (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · es zambullirse ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · de vorwärtsstürzen ((intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does) · de hineinstürzen ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · sk ponoriť (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · es zabullir (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · de eintauchen ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · de untertauchen (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · es clavar ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · sk potopiť sa ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · sk vnoriť sa (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · cs pohroužit se ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · bg хвърлям се ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · de hineinstürzen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · de tauchen (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · es zabullirse ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · haw hoʻoluʻu (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · de stürzen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · sk skočiť ((intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does) · bg хвърлям ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · bg потапям се ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · cs potopit se ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · sa मज्जति ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · fa غوطه رفتن (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · cs potopit se (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · ca submergir (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · de versenken (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · de stecken ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · de hineinfallen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · sk pohrúžiť (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · ar غَمَسَ (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · bg потапям (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · fr se plonger ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · ca submergir-se ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · cs ponořit se ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · mi tapakō ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · cs pohroužit se (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · ar غَطَسَ ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · de untertauchen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · de fallen ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · cs vrhnout se ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · de stoßen ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · de abtauchen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · de abstürzen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · ru погружать (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · cs pohroužit se ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · es sumergirse ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · mi urupou ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · es zambullirse ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · es sumergir (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · fr plonger ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · ar غَطَّسَ (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · eo plonĝi ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · de herabstürzen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · es precipitar ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · fr se plonger ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · fr plonger (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · sk zabodnúť ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · bg гмуркам се ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · sk ponoriť sa ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · io precipitar ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · fi syöstä (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · de eintauchen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · es zambullir (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · it immergere (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · ro afunda (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · de tauchen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · sk vrhnúť sa ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · ca precipitar ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · cs ponořit se ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · tr dalmak ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · io plunjar (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · de herabfallen ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · de senken (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · la mergō (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · sk zaboriť ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · de voranstürzen ((intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does) · sk vnoriť sa ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · ga tum (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · ga tum ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · de eintauchen (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · cs ponořit se (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) · ota طالمق ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) · ca capbussar-se ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · de stürzen ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) · fr précipiter ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) · sk vrhnúť sa strmhlav ((intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does)