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plummets

plummets is the plural of plummet.

plummets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plummet.

Meaning of plummet

Noun

plummet (plural plummets)

  1. (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.
    • I'le ſeeke him deeper than ere plummet ſounded, / And with him there lye mudded.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. (archaic) Hence, any weight.
    • His parachute was shot half away, and if he'd jumped he would have fallen like a plummet.1945, Ernie Pyle, Here Is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe, The World Publishing Company, page 93
  3. (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by schoolchildren to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines).
  4. A violent or dramatic fall.
  5. (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop.
    • Yet another seriously under-par performance is unlikely to provide any real answers to their remarkable plummet in form - but it proves they can at least churn out a much-needed result.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC

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Questions about plummets

What is plummets the plural of?
Plummets is the plural of plummet.

Words near plummets in the dictionary

  1. plummeter
  2. plummeters
  3. plummeting
  4. plummetings
  5. plummetless
  6. plummets
  7. plummetted
  8. plummetting
  9. plummier
  10. plummiest
  11. plummily

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