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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

plum·met / ˈpləmit/ • v. (-met·ed , -met·ing ) [intr.] fall or drop straight down at high speed: a climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully. ∎ decrease rapidly in value or amount: hardware sales plummeted. • n. 1. a steep and rapid fall or drop. 2. a plumb or plumb line.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

plummet lead weight attached to a line. XIV. ME. plomet — OF. plommet, plombet, dim. of plomb lead; see PLUMB, -ET.

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plummet

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

plummet n. a plumb or plumb line.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

plummet •dammit, Hammett, Mamet •emmet, semmit •helmet, pelmet •remit • limit • kismet • climate •comet, grommet, vomit •Goldschmidt •plummet, summit •Hindemith •hermit, Kermit, permit •gannet, granite, Janet, planet •magnet • Hamnett • pomegranate •Barnet, garnet •Bennett, genet, jennet, rennet, senate, sennet, sennit, tenet •innit, linnet, minute, sinnet •cygnet, signet •cabinet • definite • Plantagenet •bonnet, sonnet •cornet, hornet •unit •punnet, whodunnit (US whodunit) •bayonet • dragonet • falconet •baronet • coronet •alternate, burnet •sandpit • carpet • armpit • decrepit •cesspit • bear pit • fleapit •pipit, sippet, skippet, snippet, tippet, Tippett, whippet •limpet • incipit • limepit •moppet, poppet •cockpit • cuckoo-spit • pulpit • puppet •crumpet, strumpet, trumpet •parapet • turnspit

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