1. To thrust or throw forcefully into a substance or place: "Plunge the lobsters, head first, into a large pot of rapidly boiling salted water" (Craig Claiborne).2. To cast suddenly, violently, or deeply into a given state or situation: "The street was plunged in cool shadow"(Richard Wright).
1. To fall or throw oneself into a substance or place:
We plunged into the icy mountain lake.2. To throw oneself earnestly or wholeheartedly into an activity or situation:
plunged into my studies.3. To enter or move headlong through something:
The hunting dogs plunged into the forest.4. To descend steeply; fall precipitously:
a cliff that plunges to the sea.5. To move forward and downward violently:
The rider plunged from the bucking horse.6. To become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically:
Stock prices plunged during the banking crisis.7. To speculate or gamble extravagantly.
1. The act or an instance of plunging.
2.a. A place or area, such as a swimming pool, for diving or plunging.
b. A swim; a dip.
- Idiom:
- take the plunge Informal
To begin an unfamiliar venture, especially after hesitating:
After a three-year engagement, they're finally taking the plunge.
