Usually means: Tool for clearing blocked pipes.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. plunger: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. plunger: Merriam-Webster
  3. plunger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. plunger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. plunger: Collins English Dictionary
  6. plunger: Vocabulary.com
  7. Plunger, plunger: Wordnik
  8. plunger: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. plunger: Wiktionary
  10. plunger: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. plunger: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. plunger: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Plunger, plunger: Dictionary.com
  14. plunger: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Plunger (disambiguation), Plunger (experimental submarine), Plunger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Plunger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. plunger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. plunger: Rhymezone
  19. Plunger: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. plunger: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Plunger: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. plunger: FreeDictionary.org
  23. plunger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. plunger: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. plunger: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plunger: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plunger: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. plunger: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Plunger, The Plunger: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glass Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Pool Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)

(Note: See plungers as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
noun:  The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
noun:  The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
noun:  Certain equipment for brewing coffee.
noun:  The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
noun:  A cafetière, through abbreviation of coffee plunger.
noun:  One who plunges; a diver.
noun:  A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
noun:  (military) A cavalryman.
noun:  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.
noun:  The moving portion of a solenoid.
noun:  (pinball) The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
noun:  (dated, slang) A reckless gambler or gamble.
noun:  (pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
noun:  (firearms) The firing pin of a breechloader.

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