plunge

[ pluhnj ]
/ plʌndʒ /

verb (used with object), plunged, plung·ing.

verb (used without object), plunged, plung·ing.

noun

Idioms for plunge

    take the plunge, to enter with sudden decision upon an unfamiliar course of action, as after hesitation or deliberation: She took the plunge and invested her entire savings in the plan.

Origin of plunge

1325–75; Middle English < Middle French plung(i)er ≪ Vulgar Latin *plumbicāre to heave the lead. See plumb

synonym study for plunge

1. See dip1.

OTHER WORDS FROM plunge

re·plunge, verb, re·plunged, re·plung·ing; noun un·plunged, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for plunged

plunge
/ (plʌndʒ) /

verb

noun

Word Origin for plunge

C14: from Old French plongier, from Vulgar Latin plumbicāre (unattested) to sound with a plummet, from Latin plumbum lead

Idioms and Phrases with plunged

plunge

see take the plunge.