plummet
/ˈplʌm.ət/
noun
- 1
A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
- 2
Hence, any weight
- 3
A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
- 4
A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
- 5
Violent or dramatic fall
- 6
A decline; a fall; a drop
verb
- 1
To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
“After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.”
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