plunge

/plʌndʒ/

noun

1
The act of plunging or submerging
2
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
“A plunge into the sea”
3
A swimming pool
4
The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
5
Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
6
An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty

1
To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
“to plunge the body into water”
2
To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
“to plunge a dagger into the breast; to plunge a nation into war”
3
To baptize by immersion.
4
To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
“he plunged into the river”
5
To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
“to plunge into debt; to plunge into controversy”
6
To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
7
To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
8
To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
9
To overwhelm, overpower.

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