PLUNGINGS Synonyms

• the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

• a steep descent of the water of a river

• a movement downward

• properties attributable to your ancestry

• the act of changing your location in a downward direction

• the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

• a downward slope or bend

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall

• a headlong plunge into water

• a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

• drop steeply

• plunge into water

• swim under water

• a shape that is spherical and small

• a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a steep high face of rock

• a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

• a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

• a central depository where things can be left or picked up

• the act of dropping something

• let fall to the ground

• to fall vertically

• go down in value

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• terminate an association with

• utter with seeming casualness

• stop pursuing or acting

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

• lose (a game)

• pay out

• lower the pitch of (musical notes)

• hang loosely

• stop associating with

• let or cause to fall in drops

• to remove

• take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

• omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing

• leave undone or leave out

• change from one level to another

• fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

• grow progressively worse

• give birth; used for animals

• sinking until covered completely with water

• (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged

• the act of wetting something by submerging it

• a sudden and decisive increase

• an abrupt transition

• (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

• a sudden involuntary movement

• descent with a parachute

• the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• make a sudden physical attack on

• increase suddenly and significantly

• be highly noticeable

• enter eagerly into

• rise in rank or status

• jump down from an elevated point

• run off or leave the rails

• jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

• cause to jump or leap

• start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

• bypass

• pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

• an unsteady uneven gait

• a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

• abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

• the act of moving forward suddenly

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• move abruptly

• move slowly and unsteadily

• loiter about, with no apparent aim

• defeat by a lurch

• a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline

• a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

• plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

• the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

• the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it

• a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)

• promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

• any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

• a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer

• a high approach shot in golf

• an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

• abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

• the action or manner of throwing something

• throw or toss with a light motion

• move abruptly

• fall or plunge forward

• set to a certain pitch

• sell or offer for sale from place to place

• be at an angle

• heel over

• erect and fasten

• throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

• hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin

• lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

• set the level or character of

• the metal bob of a plumb line

• drop sharply

• a brief swim in water

• a steep and rapid fall

• thrust or throw into

• drop steeply

• dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

• begin with vigor

• cause to be immersed

• fall abruptly

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• devote (oneself) fully to

• plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

• (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

• a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

• a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• cause to sink

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• go under

• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

• appear to move downward

• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

• fall or sink heavily

• embed deeply

• sinking until covered completely with water

• the act of wetting something by submerging it

• (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

• a very rapid raid

• a swift descent through the air

• move down on as if in an attack

• move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

• seize or catch with a swooping motion

• an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

• a sudden drop from an upright position

• fall down, as if collapsing

• cause to topple or tumble by pushing

• roll over and over, back and forth

• fly around

• fall apart

• throw together in a confused mass

• understand, usually after some initial difficulty

• fall suddenly and sharply

• put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying

• suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

• do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully