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| plum·met [ plúmmət ] |
intransitive verb (past and past participle plum·met·ed, present participle plum·met·ing, 3rd person present singular plum·mets) |
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1. drop downward fast: to drop steeply and suddenly downward
  plummeted into the ravine
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2. suddenly decrease: to experience a sudden unexpected decrease in something such as value or price
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3. suddenly become pessimistic: to decline suddenly, especially from a state of optimism to one of pessimism
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noun (plural plum·mets) |
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1. sudden decrease: a sudden unexpected decrease in something such as value or price
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2. construction
Same as plumb bob
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| [14th century. < Old French plomet "small lead ball" < Latin plumbum "lead"] |
