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- Plunger - n. - One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
- Plunger - n. - A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
- Plunger - n. - One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
- Plunger - n. - A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
- Plunger - n. - The firing pin of a breechloader.
- Ram - n. - The plunger of a hydraulic press.
- Force pump - - A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger.