n
(idiomatic) A fall to one's death by hanging.
v
(archaic) to dip, submerge
v
To rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there.
n
An act of bolting or running away.
v
(idiomatic) Of a wheeled vehicle, to touch or drag along the ground.
v
(intransitive, of a whale) To leap out of the water.
v
To drive on pavement at high speed.
v
(informal, intransitive) To parachute.
v
(idiomatic) To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.
v
(transitive, often hyphenated) To rapidly descend, in a manner that ends in a violent collision with (something).
v
(transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
v
(transitive) to write (something) quickly
n
(idiomatic, often with into or on) An in-depth examination or analysis of a topic.
v
(transitive, aerospace) To prevent tumbling or spinning of (a satellite, an astronaut, etc.).
v
(intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
v
(figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
adj
(baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
n
(UK) A breastplough used in paring off turf on downs.
v
(intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
n
(video games) An instance of stabbing downward.
n
(electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
v
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
n
Alternative spelling of drop set [(bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise wherein muscular failure is reached and before resting the exercise is continued with decreased resistance to failure.]
v
(transitive) To evade doing something.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To stoop oneself down quickly, in order to avoid being hit.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.
v
(transitive, of brakes) To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.
v
Alternative form of implunge [(transitive, obsolete) To plunge (something into something else).]
v
(intransitive, motor vehicles or aircraft, slang) To use maximum engine power or acceleration.
v
To extend from a central position, so as to create drag or instability
v
To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed.
v
(intransitive) To fly into a rage; to become very angry.
v
(intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
adj
Alternative form of founderous [(archaic) Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up.]
v
Alternative spelling of freefall [To drop in a state of freefall.]
v
(intransitive) To eat hurriedly in order to do something more interesting.
v
(nautical, of a ship or boat) To sink.
v
(nautical) To die in the sinking of (a ship or boat).
v
(idiomatic, by extension, chiefly UK) To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one.
v
(informal) To give up under threat or pressure.
v
To descend into a body of water; to founder.
v
(idiomatic) To be carried away by the wind.
v
(transitive) To plunge into, under, or within anything, especially a fluid; to dip; to immerse.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To plunge (something into something else).
v
(intransitive, dialectal) To hang or flap down.
v
(intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
adj
Alternative form of look-down, shoot-down
n
(engineering) The difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints.
n
A bursting forth; an ambush; a sudden quick effort.
v
(intransitive) To move up and down or in and out like a piston.
v
(UK, university slang, transitive) To fail (a student).
v
(rare, obsolete, regional) to plunge
v
(rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
n
(archaic) Hence, any weight.
v
(transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
v
(idiomatic) To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly, though possibly without experience.
v
A partial synonym of plunge in.
v
(obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
v
(dated, informal) To procure ready money by some temporary expedient.
v
(transitive, Canada, US, slang, mountaineering) To rappel down a mountain.
v
(automotive) To run an internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommended speed.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) to empty, clear out
v
(transitive) To withstand deceleration from (forces of impact).
v
(transitive, rare) To burst open; explode; discharge.
v
(intransitive, colloquial) To grow or increase sharply.
v
(transitive) Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
v
(transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
adj
(of a clockwork mechanism) Having the spring unwound.
n
A rush of water; a rapid.
v
To emerge with great speed.
v
(intransitive, sometimes figuratively) To grow taller or larger rapidly.
n
A forward movement of packed river-ice.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion.
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To go; pass.
v
(transitive, slang, archaic) To conceal and appropriate.
v
To fail or succeed, no matter what.
n
One who sinks something.
v
(transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
n
A burst of speed or activity.
v
(transitive) To cause to stick to a surface.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
n
The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
v
To dip a toe into something.
v
(figuratively) To make no progress, expending effort just enough to maintain a stable position.
adj
(figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
v
(intransitive) To shoot upward.
v
(transitive) To shoo by wafting with the hands.
v
(transitive) To set (someone) free, allowing them to go their own way and do what they choose.
v
Alternative form of windthrow ("to overturn or uproot by the wind").
v
(obsolete, transitive) To use up (material, etc.).
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