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plummet

[ pluhm-it ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. something that weighs down or depresses.


verb (used without object)

  1. to plunge.

    Synonyms: , , ,

plummet

/ ˈ±è±ôÊŒ³¾Éª³Ù /

verb

  1. intr to drop down; plunge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. another word for plumb bob
  2. a lead plumb used by anglers to determine the depth of water
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plummet1

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

Origin of plummet1

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