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▸ verb: (figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
▸ verb: (figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
▸ verb: (intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower.
▸ noun: The act of plunging or submerging.
▸ noun: A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
▸ noun: (dated) A swimming pool.
▸ noun: (figuratively) The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
▸ noun: (slang) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
▸ noun: (obsolete) An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty.
▸ verb: (transitive) To remove a blockage by suction.
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