dare vs plunge

dare

verb
  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

noun
  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • A small fish, the dace 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

plunge

verb
  • To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition. 

  • To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. 

  • To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling. 

  • To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse. 

  • To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action. 

  • To remove a blockage by suction. 

  • To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself. 

noun
  • Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. 

  • A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water). 

  • The act of plunging or submerging. 

  • The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. 

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