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Verb: plummet  plú-mit
  1. Drop sharply
    "The stock market plummeted";
    - plump
Noun: plummet  plú-mit
  1. The metal bob of a plumb line
    "The carpenter used a plummet to ensure the wall was perfectly vertical";
    - plumb bob, plumb

Derived forms: plummeted, plummeting, plummets

Type of: bob, drop

Part of: perpendicular, plumb line

Encyclopedia: Plummet