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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)
3.
to plunge.
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- When you look at how the mortality rates plummet with the simple act of giving out a net.
- Americans normally rush to refinance when rates plummet.
- For their part, suppliers will fire their workers and watch their profits and stock prices plummet.
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| plummet (ˈplʌmɪt) | |
| —vb , -mets, -meting, -meted | |
| 1. | (intr) to drop down; plunge |
| —n | |
| 2. | another word for plumb bob |
| 3. | a lead plumb used by anglers to determine the depth of water |
| [C14: from Old French plommet ball of lead, from plomb lead, from Latin plumbum] | |
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Word Origin & History
plummet
late 14c., "ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line," from O.Fr. plomet, dim. of plom "sounding lead" (see plumb). The verb is first recorded 1620s, originally "to fathom, take soundings," from the noun. Meaning "to fall rapidly" first recorded 1939.
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