plummet
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.
to plunge.
Origin of plummet
1Other words for plummet
Other words from plummet
- un·plum·met·ed, adjective
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How to use plummet in a sentence
Ratings for talent competitions like Idol, once viewership juggernauts, are plummeting.
Nigel Lythgoe on How to Save Reality TV, ‘On the Town,’ and ‘Brokeback Ballroom’ | Kevin Fallon | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOh, and car sales, far from plummeting, have soared to levels not seen since 2007.
The Chicken Littles Are Wrong: Environmental Regulations Always Spur Innovation | Daniel Gross | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd then they deploy, plummeting to earth to kill a bunch of people who may or may not deserve it.
As a result, the deficit has been plummeting rapidly—in real terms, and as a percentage of gross domestic product.
A woman who lives on the 29th floor also would report seeing a plummeting body.
Dmitriy Kanarikov Kills Himself, Son in Fall From New York City Tower | Michael Daly | December 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Birds sang in the trees while quail scurried across the road or took off in their short plummeting flights.
Ticktock and Jim | Keith RobertsonDon had a glimpse of Professor Garet's machine plummeting down in the midst of most of Superior's vehicular population.
And Then the Town Took Off | Richard WilsonBending over he seized the first of the gleaming cubes and hurled it over the edge of the crater, saw it start plummeting down.
Undaunted, he tried again, and again it happened—the stone went plummeting.
The Beginning | Henry Hasse"You'll see their power come plummeting to earth if I can work the machine," said John urgently.
The Buttoned Sky | Geoff St. Reynard
British Dictionary definitions for plummet
/ (ˈplʌmɪt) /
(intr) to drop down; plunge
another word for plumb bob
a lead plumb used by anglers to determine the depth of water
Origin of plummet
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