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  • plummet — plum|met [ˈplʌmıt] v also plummet down [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: plummet [i] metal weight on a plumb line (14 21 centuries), from Old French plommet small ball of lead , from plomb; PLUMB1] 1.) to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • plummet — plum‧met [ˈplʌmt] verb [intransitive, transitive] to suddenly and quickly go down in value or amount; = PLUNGE: • House prices have plummeted. • The Nikkei index plummeted by 577.38 points yesterday. • Its stock plummeted 19% after an investment …   Financial and business terms

  • plummet — [v] fall hard and fast collapse, crash, decline, decrease, descend, dip, dive, downturn, drop, drop down, dump, fall, nose dive, plunge, precipitate, sink, skid, stoop, swoop, tumble; concepts 181,698,763 Ant. ascend, rise, shoot up …   New thesaurus

  • plummet — ► VERB (plummeted, plummeting) 1) fall or drop straight down at high speed. 2) decrease rapidly in value or amount. ► NOUN 1) a steep and rapid fall or drop. 2) a plumb bob or plumb line. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

  • plummet — UK [ˈplʌmɪt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms plummet : present tense I/you/we/they plummet he/she/it plummets present participle plummeting past tense plummeted past participle plummeted 1) to fall straight down very quickly from a high… …   English dictionary

  • down — Synonyms and related words: COD, Vandyke, actively, adown, ailing, air, alkali flat, all up with, alluvial plain, anthill, backset, bad, barrow, basin, beard, beat, beaten, beaver, bedfast, bedridden, below, below par, best, bested, blow down,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • plummet — Synonyms and related words: T square, abate, ablate, bate, be eaten away, beat down, bob, break, cascade, cataract, cheapen, cheapening, collapse, come down, consume, consume away, corrode, crash, crumble, cut, cut prices, decline, decrease,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • plummet — I. noun Etymology: Middle English plomet, from Anglo French plumet, plomet, from plum lead, lead weight more at plumb Date: 14th century plumb; also plumb line II. intransitive verb Date: 1937 1. to fall perpendicularly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • plummet — /plum it/, n. 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. v.i. 3. to plunge.… …   Universalium

  • plummet — plum|met [ plʌmıt ] verb intransitive 1. ) to fall straight down very quickly from a high position: PLUNGE 2. ) if something such as an amount, rate, or value plummets, it suddenly becomes much lower: Stock prices plummeted today to a three month …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • plummet — verb (plummets, plummeting, plummeted) fall or drop straight down at high speed. ↘decrease rapidly in value or amount. noun 1》 a steep and rapid fall or drop. 2》 a plumb or plumb line. Origin ME: from OFr. plommet small sounding lead , dimin. of… …   English new terms dictionary

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