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View definitions for plunger

plunger

noun as in bettor

Strongest match

Strong matches

noun as in gambler

noun as in high roller

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Example Sentences

The casing and plunger materials may break or bend if they’re not used carefully.

As you depress the plunger, it presses a plate and whisks through the milk to aerate it.

A sturdy build lets you put muscle power behind the plunger without damaging it.

Functionality aside, the lacquered bamboo shaft is also infinitely more aesthetic than the generically lathed handle on your typical plunger.

Founder Andrew Beckler hatched the idea after an employee fitted a ski-pole grip onto the shop plunger.

You can draw the plunger up and down and it looks as if the blood is mixing with the liquid.

Trying to pull the plunger back would snap the ring and effectively break the syringe.

It is a cast-iron plunger-pole, over the shaft, of 33 inches diameter, 10-feet stroke.

The unsupported pump-rods fell downwards, setting in upward motion the column of water in the plunger-pole pumps.

I have made the plunger-case and steam-vessel of wrought iron ¾ of an inch thick.

The valve open while the plunger-pole ascended 20 inches, then went the remainder of the 10-feet stroke expansive.

The function of this plunger is to provide a resistance in addition to that of the air valve spring to assist in acceleration.

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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to plunger, such as: gambler, player, wagerer, gamester, and high roller.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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