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Meanings of dive in English

Catalan
tuguri
Spanish
garito

A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall.

tuguri
Portuguese
salto ornamental
Catalan
immersió
Spanish
inmersión

A headlong plunge into water.

salto ornamental
Portuguese
mergulhar
Catalan
enfonsar-se
Spanish
desplomarse

Drop steeply.

mergulhar

A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft.

Synonyms
Examples for "plunk"
Examples for "plunk"
1
He'd always go plunk over to the left side of the road.
Tom Slade's Double Dare
2
Buy Right Before you plunk down your plastic, ask yourself a few questions.
Wired
3
I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten.
Fahrenheit 451
4
Don't plunk down all the money you've set aside for annuities at once.
Reuters
5
Maybe you aren't ready to sign the contract and plunk down the dough.
Ebony
Usage of dive in English
1
Today, a police and navy dive squad will continue searching for it.
Radio NZ
2
When the search continued today, the police national dive squad joined in.
Radio NZ
3
Prices have taken another dive in the latest Global Dairy Trade auction.
Radio NZ
4
If there is gas, dive into the water; sewer gas rises, remember.
The hunchback assignments
5
So maybe we see Ronaldo, taking a dive in the penalty area.
The new yorker
6
He said people should only dive if they have received appropriate training.
The Irish Times
7
Cloud extraction: A deep dive on secret mass data collection tech 3.
Wired
8
Remove from grill, and allow your family and friends to dive in!
Ebony
9
Tip: Don't leave it too long after arrival to book a dive.
News.com.au
10
As always with London, however, a deeper dive dishes up surprising goodies.
Independent.ie
11
It was looking for a clear path to dive down at me.
The Demon Lover
12
At the same times rents have taken a dive in the city.
News.com.au
13
It is more than 15 years since he last attempted a dive.
The Guardian
14
Without slowing down, I dive into the water and start for her.
Catching Fire
15
It's a quick, simple way to dive in to the latest happenings.
The Guardian
16
You sell them to the rum-dealer and the dive-keeper and the gambler.
The Machine
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Translations for dive
Dive through the time
Dive across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
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