plummet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: plummet	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for plummet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plummet n the metal bob of a plumb line [syn: plumb bob, plumb, plummet] v drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [syn: plummet, plump]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plummet \Plum"met\, n. [OE. plommet, OF. plommet, fr. plom, plum, lead, F. plomb. See {Plumb}.] 1. 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. 2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under {Plumb}, n. 3. Hence, any weight. 4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. {Plummet line}, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.