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Significados de plunger em inglês

catalão
especulador

Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains.

especulador
português
mergulhador
catalão
bus

Someone who dives (into water)

mergulhador
português
desentupidor
espanhol
sopapa

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

desentupidor
português
pistão do motor
catalão
pistó

Mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion.

pistão do motor
Uso de plunger em inglês
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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espanhol
sopapa
Plunger ao longo do tempo
Plunger nas variantes da língua
Estados Unidos da América
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