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Plunger
//ˈplʌnd͡ʒə// noun, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
- 2 mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion wordnet
- 3 The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
- 4 hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains wordnet
- 5 The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
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- 6 someone who dives (into water) wordnet
- 7 Certain equipment for brewing coffee.; The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
- 8 someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains wordnet
- 9 Certain equipment for brewing coffee.; A cafetière, through abbreviation of coffee plunger.
- 10 One who plunges; a diver.
- 11 A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
- 12 A cavalryman.
- 13 A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
- 14 The moving portion of a solenoid.
- 15 The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
- 16 A reckless gambler or gamble. dated, slang
"Well I suppose there's not one of you gentlemen here who hasnt^([sic]) at some time or other taken a plunger, and how many of you hasnt^([sic]) come back sadder and wiser."
- 17 A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
"Another part of the invention relates to making articles of earthenware by a plunger, which is forced into a mould"
- 18 The firing pin of a breechloader.
Etymology
From plunge + -er.
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