plummet

Definitions


[ˈplʌmɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fall or drop straight down at high speed
(e.g: a climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully)


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Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French plommet ‘small sounding lead’, diminutive of plomb ‘lead’. The current verb sense dates from the 1930s


[ˈplʌmɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a steep and rapid fall or drop
(e.g: the bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet)

- a plumb or plumb line


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French plommet ‘small sounding lead’, diminutive of plomb ‘lead’. The current verb sense dates from the 1930s




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