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plummet
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "to fathom, take soundings," from plummet (n.). Meaning "to fall rapidly" first recorded 1933, perhaps originally among aviators. Related: Plummeted ; plummeting .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaic English) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. 2 (context archaic English) A plumb bob or a plumb line. 3 (context archaic English) Hence, any weight. 4 (context archaic English) A piece of lead formerly ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plummet \Plum"met\, n. [OE. plommet, OF. plommet, fr. plom, plum, lead, F. plomb. See Plumb .] A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. --Shak. A plumb bob or a plumb ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Plummet is an American trance duo from Orlando, Florida . The act consists of producer / remixer Eric B. Muniz (aka DJ X) and female vocalist Cheramy Burgess. They came to prominence in 2003 with their club cover version of Plumb 's "Damaged", which took ...
Usage examples of plummet.
Garth Breise tumbled over backward, plummeting down the side of the tower, striking one cross pole and launching into a somersaulting fall.
They gave a push, and Norah Mangor and her sled slipped silently over the edge, plummeting into the Arctic Ocean.
Huge drops plummeted from the sky and crashed into the already oversaturated ground.
With the parafoil deployed and stabilized, the bottom two-thirds of his penetrator slipped smoothly from his body, the reentry canister plummeting groundward.
I pulled hard on the left panic handle, the nylon on the left side of the parawing opened like a slit purse, the right wing -- still catching the strong ridge lift here -- banked up steeply, the parawing turned almost upside down with its useless left wing spilling air like so much empty aluminum frame, my legs were flung out sideways as the kite threatened to stall and plummet into the rocks, my boots actually brushed stone and lichen, and then the wing was falling almost straight down, I released the left handle, the active-memory fabric on the left leading surface healed itself in an instant, and I was flying again -- although in a near vertical dive.
At last someone with a little bit of credibility parture of the sun, the temperature had plummeted.
A few forgot the warnings that the western ziggurat could not support significant weight and landed on its jutting steps, causing the structure to shudder and chunks of plasterboard sprayed with decorative pseudo-stone to plummet down.
Devereaux dropped his martini and Jennifer Redwing spun out of her chair, plummeting to the floor, genetically, perhaps, anticipating the worst from the white man.
Many of them trailed swirling black streamers of earth and yellow motes, which were agricultural robots plummeting vertically through the swarm, while military drift-ships hovered outside it against a brilliant background of sunlit ocean, monolithic clouds, and the seriate towers along the coast.
Somehow the beast kept its footing, plummeting past a Startled Korlat and a laughing Silverfox, then, reaching the flat, slowing its wild charge and trotting up to where Whiskeyjack stood, its head lifted proudly, ears up and forward-facing.
If one snapped off in the cave, it could send me plummeting to my death, or the sound could result in falling stalactites, which were just as hazardous.
The missile nose-cone video camera saw only the heavens above as the missile climbed, and when the altitude indicated a height of 1500 meters the winglets rotated to send the missile plummeting down over the target.
She did not want to harm the bird, but the thing had already bloodied her and would not back off, so she conjured a minor Venca spell, catching the bird as it plummeted down, insensate.
Aelia standing on the Clivus Victoriae alone, Sulla underwent his usual plummet into black depression during the hours following.
But Panthera obviously implied the correct message, for in a second we were plummeting floorwards again, landing awkwardly, missing the fire by inches.