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The definition of a plummet is something that weighs something else down.

(noun)

An example of plummet is a weight tied to a piece of material.

Plummet is defined as to fall down quickly and suddenly.

(verb)

An example of plummet is for a model airplane to quickly plunge from the sky.

See plummet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. plumb bob
2. plumb ()
a thing that weighs heavily

Origin: ME plomet < MFr plommet, dim. of plomb: see plumb

intransitive verb

to fall or drop straight downward; plunge

See plummet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

See plumb bob.
Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden.

intransitive verb plum·met·ed, plum·met·ing, plum·mets

To fall straight down; plunge.
To decline suddenly and steeply: Stock prices plummeted.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English plomet

Origin: , from Old French, ball of lead

Origin: , diminutive of plom, plomb, sounding lead

Origin: , from Latin plumbum

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