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A plunger is a device that is used to release stoppages in plumbing.

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• Science and technology
• Military
• Popular culture
• See also

Plunger may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Plunger or blasting machine, used to detonate explosives
• Plunger (hydraulics), a cylindrical piston-like component whose length is larger than its diameter
  • Plunger, a component of a syringe (though in modern syringes, it is actually a piston)
  • Plunger pump, type of positive displacement pump with stationary seal and a smooth cylindrical plunger, suitable for higher pressures
  • Plunger suspension, used on motorcycles before and immediately after World War II
• Plunger brake or spoon brake, probably the first type of bicycle brake
• Plunger lift, a natural gas well deliquification techniques
• Plunger mute, the rubber part of a plumbing plunger, or a similar device, used as a musical mute
• Spring plunger, spring-loaded device for indexing, locating, positioning or locking components against a tip, pin, or ball using spring force
  • Plunger (pinball), a spring-loaded rod used to launch balls in pinball

Military

• USS Plunger, four United States Navy submarines
• Plunger-class submarine, an early class of United States Navy submarines
• The Plungers, an obsolete nickname for the Household Cavalry

Popular culture

• The Plunger , a 1920 American film

See also

• French press or coffee plunger, a simple coffee brewing device
• Plunge (disambiguation)

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