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Definition of: plummet
(plum′it) noun
1. A piece of lead or heavy substance, attachable to a line for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical, etc.; a plumb bob; hence, a standard of truth or rectitude.
2. A plumb rule.
3. A weight; especially an oppressive weight.
—v.i. To drop straight down; plunge. [<OF plommet, dim. of plom lead]
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