Associations to the word «Plummet»
Wiktionary
PLUMMET, noun. (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
PLUMMET, noun. (archaic) A plumb bob or a plumb line.
PLUMMET, noun. (archaic) Hence, any weight.
PLUMMET, noun. (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing
PLUMMET, noun. A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
PLUMMET, noun. Violent or dramatic fall
PLUMMET, noun. (figuratively) decline; fall; drop
PLUMMET, verb. (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
Dictionary definition
PLUMMET, noun. The metal bob of a plumb line.
PLUMMET, verb. Drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.