Definition of PLUMMET

plummet

Meanings

Plural: plummets

Noun

  • the metal bob of a plumb line
  • A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.
  • Hence, any weight.
  • A piece of lead formerly used by schoolchildren to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines).
  • A violent or dramatic fall.
  • A decline; a fall; a drop.

Verb

  • drop sharply
    • "The stock market plummeted"
  • To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

dive, drop, fall, plumb, plumb bob, plump

Scrabble Score: 13

plummet is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
plummet is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 18

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