plounce

plounce

English

Etymology

A variant of plunge, perhaps influenced by flounce.

Verb

plounce (third-person singular simple present plounces, present participle plouncing, simple past and past participle plounced)

1. (rare, obsolete, regional) to plunge

References

• plounce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “plounce”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.