PLUMMET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plummet mean? 

• PLUMMET (noun)
  The noun PLUMMET has 1 sense:

1. the metal bob of a plumb line

  Familiarity information: PLUMMET used as a noun is very rare.

• PLUMMET (verb)
  The verb PLUMMET has 1 sense:

1. drop sharply

  Familiarity information: PLUMMET used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUMMET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The metal bob of a plumb line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

plumb; plumb bob; plummet

Hypernyms ("plummet" is a kind of...):

bob (a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string)

Holonyms ("plummet" is a part of...):

perpendicular; plumb line (a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point)

• PLUMMET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they plummet    ... he / she / it plummets   
Past simple: plummeted   
Past participle: plummeted   
-ing form: plummeting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drop sharply

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

plummet; plump

Context example:

The stock market plummeted

Hypernyms (to "plummet" is one way to...):

drop (to fall vertically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sentence example:

The stock market is going to plummet

 Context examples 

Had Grey Beaver possessed the plummet of affection and love, he might have sounded the deeps of White Fang's nature and brought up to the surface all manner of kindly qualities.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Interestingly NPGL levels, which plummeted in the 5-week-long high-fat-diet mice — fell back to normal levels in mice who gorged themselves for the longer period of 13 weeks.

(New Appetite Control Mechanism Found in Brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

And love was the plummet dropped down into the deeps of him where like had never gone.

(White Fang, by Jack London)