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Definition plummet

Etymology

From Middle English plommet (�ball of lead", "plumb of a bob-line�), recorded since 1382, from Old French plommet or plomet, the diminutive of plom, plum (�lead", "sounding lead�), from Latin plumbum (�lead�). The verb is first recorded in 1626, originally meaning �to fathom, take soundings", from the noun.

Noun

plummet (plural plummets)

1. (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
2. (archaic) Hence, any weight
3. (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
4. A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
5. Violent or dramatic fall
6. (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop

Verb

plummet (third-person singular simple present plummets, present participle plummeting or plummetting, simple past and past participle plummeted or plummetted)

1. (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

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