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Definitions for Plummet
[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.
[3] to plunge.
[4] (intr) to drop down; plunge
[5] another word for plumb bob
[6] a lead plumb used by anglers to determine the depth of water
Words related to Plummet
plunge, crash, collapse, tumble, dive, drop, decline, decrease, sink, fall, dip, skid, descend, nose-dive, stoop, precipitate, swoop, dump, downturn
Words nearby Plummet
plume oneself, plumed, plumelet, plummer block, plummer-vinson syndrome, plummet, plummy, plumose, plump, plumpen, plumper
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
Word origin for Plummet
C14: from Old French plommet ball of lead, from plomb lead, from Latin plumbum
Synonyms for Plummet
collapse, crash, decline, decrease, descend, dip, dive, drop, drop down, fall, nose-dive, plunge, sink, skid, tumble, downturn, dump, precipitate, stoop, swoop