Lexic.us

Definition of Plummet

1. Noun. The metal bob of a plumb line.

2. Verb. Drop sharply. "The stock market is going to plummet "; "The stock market plummeted"

Definition of Plummet

1. n. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.

Definition of Plummet

1. Noun. (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) A plumb bob or a plumb line. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) Hence, any weight. ¹

4. Noun. (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing ¹

5. Noun. a plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line. ¹

6. Noun. Violent or dramatic fall ¹

7. Noun. (figuratively) decline; fall; drop ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plummet

1. to drop straight down [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plummet

plumiest plumigerous plumiliform pluming plumiped plumipeds plumist plumists plumless plumlike

plummed plummer plummer's disease plummer-vinson syndrome plummest plummet (current term) plummeted plummeting plummets plummetted

plummetting plummier plummiest plummily plumminess plumming plummy plumose plumosely plumosite

Literary usage of Plummet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1855)
"Why the Sounding-twine will not stop running out when the plummet reaches Bottom, 432.—Indications of under Currents, 433.—Rate of Descent, 434. ..."

2. Treatise on Physics by Andrew Gray (1901)
"plummet Immersed in Forced Vortex.—It is interesting to consider the ... By the discussion in last Article the plummet will be in equilibrium if the thread ..."

3. A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous by Alexander Jamieson (1829)
"If, in any ni" these trials, he observes that the cord of the plummet does not ... As the plummet is not made to hang below the rule, a hole is cut in the ..."

4. The Antiquities of Tennessee and the Adjacent States, and the State of by Gates Phillips Thruston (1890)
"It may have been used as a weight or plummet. FIG. 127.—CHIPPED WEIGHT OR plummet (TWO-THIRDS).* One of the most interesting chipped tools or implements we ..."

5. Plane Surveying: A Text and Reference Book for the Use of Students in by Paul Cook Nugent (1902)
"plummet lamps, hung from stations in the roof, are often used for sights. ... 259, is a large plummet, which as hollow to contain oil. ..."

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