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plummet (verb)

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  • 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 — 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 — verb Plummet is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑attendance, ↑level, ↑morale, ↑price, ↑profit, ↑rate, ↑rating, ↑stock, ↑temperature, ↑weight …   Collocations dictionary

  • 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

  • plummet — verb (I) 1 to suddenly and quickly go down in value or amount: House prices have plummeted. 2 to fall very suddenly and quickly from a great height: The plane plummeted towards the earth. compare plunge 1 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • plummet — verb 1) the plane plummeted to the ground Syn: plunge, nosedive, dive, drop, fall, descend, hurtle 2) share prices plummeted Syn: fall steeply, plunge, tumble, drop rapidly, go down …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • plummet — verb 1) the plane plummeted to the ground Syn: plunge, dive, drop, fall, hurtle 2) share prices plummeted Syn: fall steeply, plunge, tumble, drop rapidly, slump; informal crash …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • plummet — 1. noun /ˈplʌm.ət/ a) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. Ill sink him deeper than eer plummet sounded. Shak. b) A plumb bob or a plumb line. His parachute was shot half away, and if hed jumped he would have… …   Wiktionary

  • 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

  • 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 — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. weight, plumb, bob, lead. See vertical. v. i. fall, droop, plunge. See descent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. plunge, fall, nosedive; see dive , fall 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. plunge, fall, dive …   English dictionary for students

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