plunge

noun [C]

/plʌndʒ/

Definition

› a sudden fall forward, down, or into something: A tree broke his plunge downhill. The rapid plunge of the stock market caused panic among investors.

(Definition of plunge noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.