plunger : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: plunger	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for plunger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plunger n someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains Synonym(s): speculator, plunger someone who dives (into water) Synonym(s): diver, plunger hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains Synonym(s): plunger, plumber's helper mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion Synonym(s): piston, plunger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plunger \Plun"ger\, n. 1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. 2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. 3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. [Cant] 4. (Pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. --Knight. 5. (Gun.) The firing pin of a breechloader. {Plunger bucket}, a piston, without a valve, in a pump. {Plunger pole}, the pump rod of a pumping engine. {Plunger pump}, a pump, as for water, having a plunger, instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be single-acting or double-acting