plummet

verb

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plum·met | \ ˈplə-mət

plummeted; plummeting; plummets

Definition of plummet

(Entry 1 of 2)

intransitive verb

1 : to fall perpendicularly birds plummeted down

2 : to drop sharply and abruptly prices plummeted

plummet

noun

Definition of plummet (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : plumb also : plumb line

2 : an abrupt drop : an instance of plummeting a sharp plummet in prices If in the final week of the season, the Mets were trying to stop a plummet off a cliff, they are now attempting to climb out of a dark, deep abyss …— Judy Battista

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Examples of plummet in a Sentence

Verb 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 on the Web: Verb By the government’s methodology, television prices have been plummeting for years. — Dan Kopf, Quartz, "The price of these products rose fastest in the US in 2019," 26 Dec. 2019 The Trump administration has already doled out more than $26 billion in trade aid to farmers hurt by the tit-for-tat tariffs and plummeting exports. — Anchorage Daily News, "From Lincoln Logs to luggage, U.S.-China trade deal still leaves huge cloud over American business," 15 Dec. 2019 They are tied with the plummeting Chicago Cubs, five games behind the Brewers for the second NL wild card with five to play. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Turner’s slam helps Nats sweep Phils, clinch wild card," 25 Sep. 2019 Network prime-time ratings have been plummeting for quite a while. — Judy Berman, Time, "I Watched All 16 New Network Shows. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t," 18 Sep. 2019 The Trump administration has already doled out more than $26 billion in trade aid to farmers hurt by the tit-for-tat tariffs and plummeting exports. — Anchorage Daily News, "From Lincoln Logs to luggage, U.S.-China trade deal still leaves huge cloud over American business," 15 Dec. 2019 The Trump administration has already doled out more than $26 billion in trade aid to farmers hurt by the tit-for-tat tariffs and plummeting exports. — Washington Post, "From Lincoln Logs to luggage, U.S.-China trade deal still leaves huge cloud over American business," 14 Dec. 2019 The rocky highlands of Central Asia, in a remote region of Western Mongolia, are home to a plummeting population of the largest sheep in the world, the argali. — ProPublica, "Donald Trump Jr. Went to Mongolia, Got Special Treatment From the Government and Killed an Endangered Sheep," 13 Dec. 2019 There was the plummeting form, the swing tinkering, coach and caddie changes, a climb back to world No.1 in 2013, before serious short game yips. — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, "Tiger Woods: A tumultuous 10 years from scandal to redemption," 30 Nov. 2019

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