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1. (n.) plummet
the piece of lead or other weight attached to a plumb line; bob of a plumb line.
2. (v.i.) plummet
to fall straight or sharply down; plunge.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME plommet < MF, dim. of plomb lead. See plumb , -et)
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| Definition of 'plummet' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) plumb bob, plumb, plummet
the metal bob of a plumb line
2. (verb) plummet, plump
drop sharply
"The stock market plummeted"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) plummet
a piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water
2. (noun) plummet
a plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n
3. (noun) plummet
hence, any weight
4. (noun) plummet
a piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing
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Sense: (of a heavy weight) to fall or drop swiftly
The rock plummeted to the bottom of the cliff.
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 Afrikaans: tuimel |
 Arabic: يَسْقُط لِثِقَلِه |
 Bulgarian: падам |
 Brazilian: despencar |
 Czech: zřítit se , sletět |
 German: stürzen |
 Danish: styrte |
 Greek: πέφτω κατακόρυφα |
 Spanish: caer en picado |
 Estonian: (püstloodis) langema |
 Farsi: فرو افتادن |
 Finnish: syöksyä |
 French: tomberà pic |
 Hebrew: לִצנוֹחַ |
 Hindi: सीधे गिर जाना |
 Croatian: okomito, naglo pasti |
 Hungarian: (le)zuhan |
 Indonesian: jatuh |
 Icelandic: stingast, steypast |
 Italian: cadere a piombo/picco |
 Japanese: 落ちる |
 Korean: 곤두박질치다 |
 Lithuanian: smarkiai kristi/virsti |
 Latvian: ātri krist |
 Malay: batu ladung |
 Dutch: pijlsnel vallen |
 Norwegian: styrte, falle loddrett |
 Polish: walić się, spadać |
 Persian: فرو افتادن |
 Pashto: كښته لويدل |
 Portuguese: cair a pique |
 Romanian: a se prăvăli |
 Russian: резко падать |
 Slovak: zrútiť sa, zletieť |
 Slovenian: strmoglaviti |
 Serbian: stropoštati |
 Swedish: rasa, störta |
 Thai: ตกฮวบลง |
 Turkish: dikine düşmek |
 Taiwanese: 驟然跌落 |
 Ukrainian: різко впасти |
 Urdu: آرام سے گرنا |
 Vietnamese: lao thẳng xuống |
 Chinese: 骤然跌落 |
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