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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
Sinónimos
Examples for "speculator"
Examples for "speculator"
1
Great changes had taken place in the ideas of that clever speculator.
The Alkahest
2
Late in life he even became a speculator on the Stock Market.
The Irish Times
3
The grain speculator appeared, with his greedy web spun around the world.
T. De Witt Talmage as I Knew Him
4
The mystery of the great speculator was beyond my power to fathom.
Blindfolded
5
Babeuf is a speculator to Cartouche; Marat is an aristocrat to Schinderhannes.
Les Misérables
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
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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español
sopapa
Plunger a través del tiempo
Plunger por variante geográfica
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