plunger
pronunciation
How to pronounce plunger in British English:
UK [ˈplʌndʒə(r)]
How to pronounce plunger in American English:
US [ˈplʌndʒɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- someone who dives (into water)
- hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains
- mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
Word Origin
- plunger (n.)
- 1610s, "one who plunges," agent noun from plunge (v.). As a mechanism, 1777.
Example
- 1. Oh , god ! I 'll get my plunger !
- 2. Now , when I pull back on the plunger , what do you think 's gonna come out ?
- 3. They 'd tell me there was nothing doing . That was the time they got to calling me the boy plunger .
- 4. The plunger , however , still awaits .
- 5. First , a plunger is pulled and rotated to release the drive and allow it to slide out of the server 's case .