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Word entry · 6 letters

plunge

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"Sudden drop"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /plʌnd͡ʒ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eglnpuStarts with PEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Sudden dive, drop, or forceful movement downward.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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."
  • to plunge a dagger into the breast

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Sudden drop6 letters
02Dive suddenly6 letters

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