Category: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)

Defn: a boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy Consistence. Knight.

5. (gun.)

Defn: 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