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Significados de plunger en inglés

catalán
especulador

Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains.

        especulador
        portugués
        mergulhador
        catalán
        bus

        Someone who dives (into water)

              mergulhador
              portugués
              desentupidor
              español
              sopapa

              Hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains.

                    sopapa
                    portugués
                    pistão do motor
                    catalán
                    pistó

                    Mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion.

                          pistão do motor
                          Sinónimos
                          Examples for "plumber's helper"
                          Examples for "plumber's helper"
                          1
                          I got a job as a plumber's helper, lugging big pipes across the ground.
                          100 New Yorkers of the 1970s
                          Uso de plunger en inglés
                          1
                          One of the men broke away and crawled toward the plunger box.
                          The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
                          2
                          If the plunger completed its motion the cheese would be completely crushed.
                          Perdido Street Station
                          3
                          Tom pointed downward to a pedallike plunger inserted in the tunnel floor.
                          Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X
                          4
                          The pumps are of the usual Cornish plunger type, with flap valves.
                          Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885
                          5
                          With a thud Balcom crashed full upon the plunger, driving it home.
                          The Master Mystery
                          6
                          Pan, plunger, or hopper closets will not be permitted in any building.
                          Elements of Plumbing
                          7
                          The hypodermic's sticking out of it, empty, plunger all the way down.
                          Beat the reaper: a novel
                          8
                          He pierced the flesh, backed off the plunger, and let it go.
                          I'll never get out of this world alive
                          9
                          Toshiko slid the needle deep into Jack's forearm and depressed the plunger.
                          Something in the water
                          10
                          Even as he pressed the plunger, her seizure was starting to fade.
                          Gravity
                          11
                          He put his plunger up again, fiddled with the handheld, and cursed.
                          Deep black
                          12
                          Why, Hammond's a plunger from Plungerville, if you know what that means.
                          Revenge!
                          13
                          Then he stabbed the needle into Harut's neck and pressed the plunger.
                          Transfer of power
                          14
                          He slid the needle into the white port and pressed the plunger.
                          Act of treason
                          15
                          There was a horrible squelching noise, like a plunger dislodging a clog.
                          Monster Hunter International
                          16
                          Some asshole's used a damn big sink plunger somewhere down the line.
                          The Slab
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                          Translations for plunger
                          español
                          sopapa
                          Plunger a través del tiempo
                          Plunger por variante geográfica
                          Estados Unidos de América
                          Común
                          Reino Unido
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