plunge

Nouns

  • (n) a brief swim in water dip,
  • (n) a steep and rapid fall

Verbs

  • (v) thrust or throw into
    • Immerse yourself in hot water
    immerse,
  • (v) drop steeply
    • the stock market plunged
    dive, plunk,
  • (v) dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
    • She plunged at it eagerly
  • (v) begin with vigor
    • He launched into a long diatribe
    • She plunged into a dangerous adventure
    launch,
  • (v) cause to be immersed
    • The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text
    immerse,
  • (v) fall abruptly
    • It plunged to the bottom of the well
    dump,
  • (v) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
    • dip the garment into the cleaning solution
    • dip the brush into the paint
    dip, dunk, souse, douse,
  • (v) devote (oneself) fully to
    • He immersed himself into his studies
    engross, engulf, steep, immerse, soak up, absorb,

Synonyms

immerse dip dive plunk launch dump dunk souse douse engross engulf steep soak up absorb

Words of close approximity

plunk
plunger