plummet
plummet
Definition
plum·met (plum′it)
noun
Etymology: ME plomet < MFr plommet, dim. of plomb: see plumb
intransitive verb
to fall or drop straight downward; plunge
plummet
Synonyms
plummet
Usage Examples
Object
- percent: Of phone tag plummeted percent over budget million in.
- temperature: In the meantime his son Sam ventures to NYC and gets stuck due to severe weather - tornadoes, flooding and plummeting temperatures.
- price: A new report by Oxfam has uncovered the devastating effects of plummeting coffee prices on some of the world's poorest farmers.
- foot: As the plane plummeted five hundred feet, a passenger screamed, ' I'm going to die!
- %: Disney's return to shareholders plummeted 10 % over that period.
- sale: The second study, focusing on the European market for motion controls, reports that sales plummeted by 7.4 % during 2002.
Subject
- %: By August 2004, car crime had plummeted by 82 %.
Preposition: towards
- ground: All at once they saw it plummet toward the ground.
Preposition: into
- sea: The Northern Lighthouse Board helicopter plummeted into the sea around 11.20am on Friday.
Modifying Another Word
- suddenly: Catching everyone by surprise, the temperature suddenly plummeted to zero.
- rapidly: By 22.00hrs with the temperature rapidly plummeting into minus figures, the draw of warm sleeping bags ( in cars!
- down: Air rushed up to meet him as he plummeted down down down into astronomical blackness.
- then: It quickly passes through the stomach wall causing blood sugar levels to rise, then plummet.
- back: Whilst he is there the stars go out, and all the satellites in orbit plummet back to Earth.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- down: The reef itself is only 800m across, but its stunning reef walls plummet down to 70m or more.
Followed by a transitive particle
- down: There are some black runs that plummet down the sides of high bowls of deep powder.
Used with why or when
- when: Viewer figures plummet when they are on, they cannot remain on the main channels.
Noun used with modifier
- divorce: Divorce Rate Plummets As More Americans Shack Up Instead of Getting Married More Americans are taking " til death do us part " seriously.
- rate: May I suggest you revert to the old site as soon as possible, before yo start losing recommendations and your hit rate plummets.
Preposition: by
- %: By August 2004, car crime had plummeted by 82 %.
