plummet

[ pluhm-it ]

/ ˈplʌm ɪt /

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noun

Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.

something that weighs down or depresses.

verb (used without object)

to plunge.

OTHER WORDS FOR plummet

3 fall, dive, drop, swoop.

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Origin of plummet

1350–1400; (noun) Middle English plommet<Middle French, diminutive of plomb lead; (v.) derivative of the noun See plumb, -et

OTHER WORDS FROM plummet

un·plum·met·ed, adjective

Words nearby plummet

plumelet, plume moth, plume oneself, plumeria, plummer block, plummet, plummy, plumose, plump, plumpen, plumper

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How to use plummet in a sentence

The observations are tied to the lunar cycle, and data LunAero can collect plummets when the moon is less than half full.
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If you diagnose a plummet in traffic, it may become essential sooner than this.
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Brands thought these people would bring them money, but when they realize that these characters don’t hold longevity and they see a massive plummet, they don’t go back to those people.
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For example, in British Columbia, greenhouse gas emissions might go up, while in Saskatchewan, they would plummet.
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Wind chills will plummet to around -20ºF on Friday for Hartford, Providence, and western Massachusetts.
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And their value would surely plummet in the event of a default.
Panic Sets In With the Davos Crowd|Daniel Gross|October 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Interest rates will soar, home values will plummet, stock markets will crash, and global economies will crater.
Crying Wolf on Capitol Hill|Joe McLean|October 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But it would be the quickest way for her to plummet in the approval of the Burmese masses.
Why Does Aung San Suu Kyi Not Speak Up?|Peter Popham|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That the human mind with its poor plummet has already sounded the depths of the divine oracles!
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
He means the builder's plummet, which Zorobabel shall hold in his hand for the finishing the building.-Ibid.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Something like a bath; on first investigation, seems bottomless; but plummet reaches conclusion at last.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887|Various
But how about direct taxation, the manly sacrifice of free peoples, the plummet by which to sound the enlightenment of a nation?
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8|Various
The bees droned, and the wheeling buzzard suddenly dropped like a plummet a hundred yards through the larkspur blue.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions

British Dictionary definitions for plummet

plummet

/ (ˈplʌmɪt) /

verb -mets, -meting or -meted

(intr) to drop down; plunge

noun

another word for plumb bob

a lead plumb used by anglers to determine the depth of water

Word Origin for plummet

C14: from Old French plommet ball of lead, from plomb lead, from Latin plumbum

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