The meaning of PLUMMET is to fall perpendicularly. How to use plummet in a sentence.

PLUMMETED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of plummet 2. to fall very quickly and suddenly: . Learn more.

The verb plummet means "to drop sharply," like eagles that plummet toward earth, seeking prey, or school attendance that plummets when there is a flu outbreak. To correctly pronounce plummet, say "PLUH-met."

House prices have plummeted in recent months. Several large rocks were sent plummeting down the mountain. She plummeted to the ground. decrease The tests show that the tumour has …

Definition of plummet verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position synonym plunge. Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again. The jet plummeted into a …

Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden. 1. To fall straight down; plunge. 2. To decline suddenly and steeply: Stock prices plummeted. [Middle English plomet, from Old French, ball of lead, diminutive of plom, plomb, sounding lead, from Latin plumbum.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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.

a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line. 2. something that weighs down or depresses. 3. to plunge. SYNONYMS 3. fall, dive, drop, swoop. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by …

To fall or drop straight downward. To fall off or decline precipitously. Stock prices plummeted. (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly. After its ascent, the arrow …

If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount. In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day. The president's popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.