'Plummet' definitions:
Definition of 'plummet'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Plummet'
From: GCIDE
- Plummet \Plum"met\, n. [OE. plommet, OF. plommet, fr. plom, plum, lead, F. plomb. See Plumb.]
- 1. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. [1913 Webster]
- I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, any weight. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. [1913 Webster]
- Plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plummet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- ablate,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- beat down,
- bob,
- break,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- cheapen,
- cheapening,
- collapse,
- come down,
- consume,
- consume away,
- corrode,
- crash,
- crumble,
- cut,
- cut prices,
- decline,
- decrease,
- deflate,
- deflation,
- deliquesce,
- depreciate,
- depreciation,
- descend,
- devaluate,
- devaluation,
- die away,
- diminish,
- dip,
- dip down,
- dive,
- down,
- drop,
- drop down,
- drop off,
- dump,
- dwindle,
- ebb,
- erode,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall down,
- fall in price,
- fall off,
- give way,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- gravitate,
- jew down,
- languish,
- lead,
- lessen,
- let up,
- lose altitude,
- lower,
- lowering,
- mark down,
- markdown,
- melt away,
- nose dive,
- nose-dive,
- parachute,
- pare,
- pitch,
- plop,
- plumb,
- plumb bob,
- plumb line,
- plumb rule,
- plummeting,
- plump,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pounce upon,
- pour down,
- precipitate,
- price cut,
- price fall,
- price reduction,
- rain,
- reduce,
- reduction,
- run low,
- sag,
- sandbag,
- set square,
- shave,
- shrink,
- sink,
- sinker,
- skid,
- skin-dive,
- sky-dive,
- slash,
- slump,
- soar,
- sound,
- square,
- stoop,
- subside,
- swoop,
- swoop down,
- T square,
- tail off,
- take a header,
- trend downward,
- trim,
- try square,
- tumble,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear,
- wear away,
- weight