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plunger
(redirected from Sink plunger)

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plunger
1. a rubber suction cup fixed to the end of a rod, used to clear blocked drains
2. a device or part of a machine that has a plunging or thrusting motion; piston

plunger [′plən·jər]
(design engineering)
A wooden shaft with a large rubber suction cup at the end, used to clear plumbing traps and waste outlets.
(electromagnetism)
(engineering)
(mechanical engineering)
The long rod or piston of a reciprocating pump.


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