Plummet - English meaning

Plummet – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Fall or drop straight down at high speed.
Usage examples:
A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully
Synonims:
PlungeFall headlongHurtleNosediveDiveDropCrashDescend rapidly

noun
A steep and rapid fall or drop.
Usage examples:
The bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet
noun
A plumb or plumb line.
Usage examples:
With a heavy plummet, i plumb the depth and set the float so that about half the float's length is …

verb
To fall very quickly and suddenly
Usage examples:
Temperatures plummeted last night., the parachute failed to open and he plummeted to the ground.

verb
To go down in amount or value very quickly and suddenly
Usage examples:
House prices have plummeted in recent months., plummet (by) sth first-half advertising revenues plu…

Plummet translation into English

Plummet: translate from English into Chinese

直线下降, 测水锤, 铅坠, 垂直落下

Plummet: translate from English into Dutch

Kelderen, Paslood, Schietlood, Vislood, Dieplood, Gewicht aan dobber, Last

Plummet: translate from English into French

Plomb, Dégringoler, Descendre brusquement, Tomber à zéro

Plummet: translate from English into German

Lot, Senklot, Senkblei, Abstürzen, Absinken, Kippen, Herunterstürzen, Senker, Hinunterstürzen, Senkel

Plummet: translate from English into Hindi

आकस्मिक रूप से घटने, बोझ, सीसे का भार, साहुल, दीवार की सीध नापने के यंत्र की डोरी (से बंधा हुआ बोझ), पानी नापने का आला या सीसे का यंत्र

Plummet: translate from English into Italian

Precipitare, Piombino, Fardello

Plummet: translate from English into Korean

떨어지다, 수직으로 떨어지다, 측연추, 추달린 줄, 추달린 자

Plummet: translate from English into Russian

Резко падать, Грузило, Стремительно падать, Гирька, Лот, Груз, Свинцовый отвес, Гирька отвеса, Тяжесть

Plummet: translate from English into Spanish

Plomada, Caer en picado, Plomo, Caer a plomo, Caer verticalmente, Sonda, Pesa, Lastre

Word origin

late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French plommet ‘small sounding lead’, diminutive of plomb ‘lead’. The current verb sense dates from the 1930s.

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Plummet – similar words

plummets

verb
Fall or drop straight down at high speed.
Usage examples:
A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully

noun
A steep and rapid fall or drop.
Usage examples:
The bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet

verb
To fall very quickly and suddenly
Usage examples:
Temperatures plummeted last night., the parachute failed to open and he plummeted to the ground.

Plummets - all meanings in English

plummeting

verb
Fall or drop straight down at high speed.
Usage examples:
A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully

noun
A steep and rapid fall or drop.
Usage examples:
The bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet

noun
A plumb or plumb line.
Usage examples:
With a heavy plummet, i plumb the depth and set the float so that about half the float's length is …

Plummeting - all meanings in English

plummeted

verb
Fall or drop straight down at high speed.
Usage examples:
A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully

noun
A steep and rapid fall or drop.
Usage examples:
The bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet

noun
A plumb or plumb line.
Usage examples:
With a heavy plummet, i plumb the depth and set the float so that about half the float's length is …

Plummeted - all meanings in English

Plummet synonims

crash

kræʃ

verb
(of a vehicle) collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle.
Usage examples:
A racing car had crashed, wrecking a safety barrier

noun
A violent collision, typically of one vehicle with another or with an object.
Usage examples:
A car crash

adjective
Done rapidly or urgently and involving a concentrated effort.
Usage examples:
A crash course in italian

Crash - all meanings in English

dive

daɪv

verb
Plunge head first into water with one's arms raised over one's head.
Usage examples:
She walked to the deep end, then she dived in

noun
A plunge head first into water.
Usage examples:
He hit the sea in a shallow dive

verb
A headlong plunge into water

Dive - all meanings in English

drop

drɒp

verb
Let or make (something) fall vertically.
Usage examples:
The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun
A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.
Usage examples:
The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

verb
Let fall to the ground

Drop - all meanings in English

hurtle

ˈhɜː.təl

verb
Move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner.
Usage examples:
A runaway car hurtled towards them

verb
Move with or as if with a rushing sound

verb
To move very fast, esp. in what seems a dangerous way
Usage examples:
The truck hurtled along at breakneck speed.

Hurtle - all meanings in English

nosedive

noun
A steep downward plunge by an aircraft.
Usage examples:
The pilot put the plane in a nosedive and ejected

verb
(of an aircraft) make a nosedive.
Usage examples:
The plane nosedived into the ground and exploded

noun
(esp. of an aircraft) a fast and sudden fall to the ground with the front pointing down
Usage examples:
Fig. stock prices took a nosedive (= a sudden fall in value)., fig. profits nosedived in the last q…

Nosedive - all meanings in English

plunge

verb
Jump or dive quickly and energetically.
Usage examples:
Our little daughters whooped as they plunged into the sea

noun
An act of jumping or diving into water.
Usage examples:
Fanatics went straight from the hot room to take a cold plunge

verb
Dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

Plunge - all meanings in English

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