plummet

  1. Noun.  (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
  2. Noun.  (archaic) A plumb bob or a plumb line.
  3. Noun.  (archaic) Hence, any weight.
  4. Noun.  (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.
  5. Noun.  a plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
  6. Noun.  Violent or dramatic fall.
  7. Noun.  (figuratively) decline; fall; drop.
  8. Verb.  (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

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