Definition of plummet
:plumb;
also
:plumb line
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Breezes pick up from the northwest overnight, as the humidity plummets and lows cool off to the upper 50s to low 60s.
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According to the new Always Confidence & Puberty Survey, girls' confidence plummets around the time puberty sets in, and part of that is being paralyzed by the fear of failure.
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Even with a limited attack on, say, Guam, Hawaii or the West Coast, the economy would quickly crash, the value of the stock market and people's 401Ks plummet.
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The disappearance of the grocery store — more than an inconvenience to the elderly, the poor and those who don’t drive — speeds the plummet of home values and any other lingering retail activity.
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The analysis also estimates that premiums for individual policies would rise by 25 percent next year if the number of people buying such policies plummets and concentrates sicker people in that insurance pool.
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When farms cut corners by harvesting year-round, their yields are inconsistent and quality plummets.
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Uptown, the center of American Indian life in Chicago since the 1940s, has seen its population plummet since the 1990s as the area gentrified, becoming whiter, more affluent and less connected to the AIC.
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The 19 percent plummet on Thursday was thanks to a lousy earnings report.
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Origin and Etymology of plummet
Middle English plomet, from Anglo-French plumet, plomet, from plum lead, lead weight — more at plumb
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Definition of plummet
intransitive verb
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:to fall perpendicularly
- birds plummeted down
2
:to drop sharply and abruptly
- prices plummeted
Examples of plummet in a Sentence
The acrobat plummeted into the net.
The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon.
The satellite plummeted into the ocean.
Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.
The TV show has plummeted in the ratings.
Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend.
The town's population plummets when the students leave for the summer.
Recent Examples of plummet from the Web
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Plummeting air pressure may not necessarily induce labor, but research shows hurricanes may affect pregnancies in other ways.
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The men of the Night’s Watch, guardians of the Wall for eons, plummeted to their deaths, fresh recruits for the ghostly fighting corps that walked through that new breach and toward Winterfell, lurching straight into Season 8.
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Shire, the maker of Adderall XR, and some other brand-name drug manufacturers are no longer content to allow sales of their products to plummet when generic competitors arrive on the market.
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U.S. sales have plummeted 30 percent, to just 50,800, through July of this year.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire broke out after midnight in one of the world’s tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below.
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Polling plummeted for the BCRA, to the point where only 17 percent of Americans, and only 35 percent of Republicans supported the legislation during its dying days.
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That vagueness could be in light of his approval rating, which continues to plummet.
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But starting around 2008, the population in the Bunderbos began to plummet for no apparent reason.
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First Known Use of plummet
1845
plummet Synonyms
Synonyms
crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dive, fall, lower, nose-dive, drop, plunge, sink, skid, tumbleAntonyms
arise, ascend, lift, mount, rise, soar, spike, upRelated Words
abate, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, droop, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, moderate, subside, taper off, wane; recede, retreatNear Antonyms
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mushroom, pick up, snowball, swell, waxPLUMMET Defined for English Language Learners
plummet
verb
Definition of plummet for English Language Learners
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: to fall suddenly straight down especially from a very high place
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: to fall or drop suddenly in amount, value, etc.
PLUMMET Defined for Kids
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Definition of plummet for Students
plummeted;
plummeting
:to fall straight down
- The satellite plummeted toward the ocean.
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