plummet

plum·met  (plmt)

n.

1. See plumb bob.

2. Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden.

intr.v. plum·met·ed, plum·met·ing, plum·mets

1. To fall straight down; plunge.

2. To decline suddenly and steeply: Stock prices plummeted.

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[Middle English plomet, from Old French, ball of lead, diminutive of plom, plomb, sounding lead, from Latin plumbum.]

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plummet [ˈplʌmɪt]

vb -mets, -meting, -meted

(intr) to drop down; plunge

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) another word for plumb bob

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) a lead plumb used by anglers to determine the depth of water

[from Old French plommet ball of lead, from plomb lead, from Latin plumbum]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plummet - the metal bob of a plumb line         plumb, plumb bob bob - a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string plumb line, perpendicular - 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
Verb	1.	plummet - drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" plump drop - to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

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plummet

verb

1. drop, fall, crash, nose-dive, descend rapidly Share prices have plummeted.

2. plunge, fall, drop, crash, tumble, swoop, stoop, nose-dive, descend rapidly The car plummeted off a cliff.

Translations

plummet [ˈplʌmɪt]

A. N → plomada f

B. VI [bird, plane etc] → caer en picado or (LAm) en picada; [temperature, price, sales] → bajar de golpe; [spirits, morale] → caer a plomo

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plummet [ˈplʌmɪt] vi

[prices, shares, popularity] → chuter

to plummet into the sea [plane] → s'abîmer en mer, s'abîmer dans la mer

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plummet

n

(= weight) → Senkblei nt; (Fishing) → Grundsucher m

(= falling) (Econ) → Sturz m; (of bird, plane) → Sturzflug m

vi (bird, plane etc) → hinunterstürzen; (Econ) (sales figures etc) → stark zurückgehen; (currency, shares etc) → fallen, absacken; the pound has plummetted to EUR 1.40 → das Pfund ist auf EUR 1,40 gefallen or abgesackt; he has plummetted again to the depths of despair → er ist wieder in tiefster Verzweiflung

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plummet [ˈplʌmɪt] vi (bird) → calare a piombo; (plane) → precipitare; (temperature, price, sales) → calare bruscamente; (spirits, morale) → calare a zero

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plummet

v plummet [ˈplamit]

(of a heavy weight) to fall or drop swiftly The rock plummeted to the bottom of the cliff. tuimel يَسْقُط لِثِقَلِه падам zřítit se , sletět styrte stürzen πέφτω κατακόρυφα caer en picado (püstloodis) langema فرو افتادن syöksyä tomber à pic לִצנוֹחַ सीधे गिर जाना okomito,naglo pasti (le)zuhan jatuh stingast, steypast cadere a piombo/picco 落ちる 곤두박질치다 smarkiai kristi/virsti ātri krist batu ladung pijlsnel vallen styrte, falle loddrett walić się, spadać cair a pique a se prăvăli резко падать zrútiť sa, zletieť strmoglaviti stropoštati rasa, störta ตกฮวบลง dikine düşmek 驟然跌落 різко впасти آرام سے گرنا lao thẳng xuống 骤然跌落

n

An indicator hung down to see if something is vertical. das Lot paino (le)zuhan jatuh 다림줄 švininis svambalas çekül 測鉛