Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

plunger

UK /ˈplʌnd͡ʒə/ · US /ˈplʌnd͡ʒɚ/ noun

Forms plungers

noun A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
noun The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
noun The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
noun The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
noun A cafetière, through abbreviation of coffee plunger.
noun One who plunges; a diver.
noun A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
noun (military) A cavalryman.

Synonyms

noun One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
noun A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “plunger”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details