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plummet
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[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
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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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