All plunge synonyms
plunge
P p verb plunge
- overbalanced β Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- disarrayed β Simple past tense and past participle of disarray.
- careered β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- dart β If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
- gaming β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- cascade β If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
- cataracted β a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
- in-grain β to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- ladling β a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- go downhill β travel down a slope
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- lotted β one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- douse β to plunge into water or the like; drench: She doused the clothes in soapy water.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- drown β to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- lunge β a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- dive β to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
- chance β If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
- bludgeoned β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- come apart at the seams β come unstitched
- go wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- gamble β to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
- humping β a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- go out on a limb β say sth daring
- flounder β to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- duck β any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- cudgelling β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- overbalancing β Present participle of overbalance.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- drop the ball β a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- bespatter β to splash all over, as with dirty water
- engulf β (of a natural force ) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.
- fall over β person: trip or slip
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- get cracking β to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- hurtle β to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- lotting β one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
noun plunge
- delve β If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
- downslide β a decline or downward trend, as of prices.
- investment β the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- gambade β a spring or leap by a horse.
- cannonball β A cannonball is a heavy metal ball that is fired from a cannon.
- downswing β a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- down on β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- downtick β a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- dos β any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.