Sekirov Dictionary

plummet

UK /ˈplʌmɪt/US /ˈplʌmət/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 5

noun5

A violent or dramatic fall.
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(figurative) A decline; a fall; a drop.
- Yet another seriously under-par performance is unlikely to provide any real answers to their remarkable plummet in form - but it proves they can at least churn out a much-needed result. — 2010
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(no longer used) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.
- I'le seeke him deeper than ere plummet sounded, / And with him there lye mudded. — 1610
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(no longer used) Hence, any weight.
- His parachute was shot half away, and if he'd jumped he would have fallen like a plummet. — 1945
(no longer used) A piece of lead formerly used by schoolchildren to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines).

verb1

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To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
- After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.

forms

plummeted · plummetted · plummeting · plummetting · plummets

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