plummet

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈplʌm.ət/

Noun

plummet (plural plummets)

1. (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sound#Etymology 4|sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 3

     I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded.

2. (archaic) Hence, any weight
   • 1945, Ernie Pyle, Here is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe, The World Publishing Company (1945), page #93:

     His parachute was shot half away, and if he'd jumped he would have fallen like a plummet.

3. (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule#Verb|rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rule#Noun|rules, with lines)
4. A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
5. Violent or dramatic fall
6. (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop

Translations

• French: fil à plomb
• German: Lot, Blei, Senker, Senklot, Senkblei
• Italian: filo a piombo, piombino
• Portuguese: prumo
• Russian: лот
• Spanish: plomada

Translations

• German: Gewicht, Bleigewicht
• Italian: piombo

Translations

• German: Sturz, Absturz, Sturzflug

Translations

• German: Abfall, Absturz, Rickgang, Abnahme, Verfall, Niedergang, Sinken, Absinken, Abstieg
• Italian: declino, caduta

Verb

plummet (plummets, present participle plummeting; past and past participle plummeted)

1. (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

   After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.

Synonyms

• (to drop swiftly) dive, drop, fall

Antonyms

• (to drop swiftly) ascend, rise, rocket, soar, skyrocket

Translations

• French: dégringoler, chuter
• German: stürzen, abstürzen, absinken, abfallen, fallen, heruntersinken, herunterstürzen, sacken, absacken, nachgeben
• Italian: precipitare
• Portuguese: cair, despencar
• Russian: (ре́зко
• Spanish: caer en picado

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