Definizione monolingua

plummet

plummet (third-person singular simple present plummets, present participle plummeting or plummetting, simple past and past participle plummeted or plummetted)

1. (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

   After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.

plummet (plural plummets)

1. (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.

   Ill sink him deeper than eer plummet sounded. -Shak.

2. (archaic) A plumb bob or a plumb line.
3. (archaic) Hence, any weight.
   • 1945, Ernie Pyle, Here is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe, The World Publishing Company (1945), page #93:

     His parachute was shot half away, and if hed jumped he would have fallen like a plummet.

4. (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing
5. a plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
6. Violent or dramatic fall
7. (figuratively) decline; fall; drop
   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:

     Yet another seriously under-par performance is unlikely to provide any real answers to their remarkable plummet in form - but it proves they can at least churn out a much-needed result.

Definizione dizionario plummet

	precipitare
	to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly

fardello

filo a piombo

Altri significati:

(archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing

(figuratively) decline; fall; drop

(archaic) A plumb bob or a plumb line.

Violent or dramatic fall

(intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

a plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.

(archaic) Hence, any weight.

(archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.