PLUMMET
plummet
Noun
- A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
- A plumb bob or a plumb line.
- Hence, any weight.
- A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing
- a plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
- Violent or dramatic fall
- decline; fall; drop
Verb
- To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
- After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.
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