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splunge (third-person singular simple present splunges, present participle splunging, simple past and past participle splunged)
- (obsolete) To plunge.
1814, Nathan Drake, Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, volume 3, page 13:Having […] splunged himself into difficulties from which he hesitated not attempting to extricate himself by means the most dishonest, […]