plunger
noun
a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
plungers
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pluralof plunger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We don’t know who was pushing the plungers.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
To be fair, investors, from the smallest retail plungers to the biggest institutions, commonly “mark to market” their unsold stock and bond holdings, counting them as part of their net worth at their current prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The other women on the beach are dedicated cold plungers; their WhatsApp group contains the words “polar” and “sunrise.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
I always pulled on the little plungers to see if chocolate bars would appear magically without the requisite pennies.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
“Excuse me, I got a shipment of plungers I need to unpack.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
