plunging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplʌndʒɪŋ/

Verb

plunging

1. present participle of plunge

Adjective

plunging

1. That descends steeply.
2. Aimed from higher ground, as fire upon an enemy.

Derived terms

• plunging neckline

Noun

plunging (plural plungings)

1. An occurrence of putting or sinking under water or other fluid.
2. A headlong violent motion like that of a horse trying to throw its rider.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick; or The Whale‎^[1]:

     Like one who after a night of drunken revelry hies to his bed, still reeling, but with conscience yet pricking him, as the plungings of the Roman race-horse but so much the more strike his steel tags into him; […] .

   • 1881, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), The Prince and The Pauper, Complete‎^[2]:

     Then followed a confusion of kicks, cuffs, tramplings and plungings, accompanied by a thunderous intermingling of volleyed curses, and finally a bitter apostrophe to the mule, which must have broken its spirit, for hostilities seemed to cease from that moment.

Anagrams

• pungling