plunger

plunger is a Noun

Definition:

[1] One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.

[2] A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.

[3] One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. [Cant]

[4] A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. Knight.

[5] The firing pin of a breechloader. Plunger bucket, a piston, without a valve, in a pump. -- Plunger pole, the pump rod of a pumping engine. -- Plunger pump, a pump, as for water, having a plunger, instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be single-acting or double- acting