plummet
Use Plummet in a sentence
ɪt noun
1.
2.
something that weighs down or depresses.
verb (used without object)
3.
to plunge.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To plummet
00:10
Plummet
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is hornswoggle. Does it mean:
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
| to bark; yelp. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
plummet (ˈplʌmɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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] | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Urbanization has destroyed cottontail habitat, causing its population to plummet.
Most evenings, the crowd of bankers and businessmen groan and gulp their drinks as they watch markets plummet.
The theory was put to the test the following day, when the ladder saved him from another dark plummet into ice.
The plummet lands upon the striker pin, protruding from the sample holder.
Related Searches
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
