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How many syllables in Plunge


Word

Plunge

How many syllables?

1 Syllable

How it's divided?

plunge

Definition

  • v. t. - To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war.
  • v. t. - To baptize by immersion.
  • v. t. - To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
  • v. i. - To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt.
  • v. i. - To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
  • v. i. - To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.

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