The meaning of PLUMMET is to fall perpendicularly. How to use plummet in a sentence.

PLUMMETED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of plummet 2. to fall very quickly and suddenly: . Learn more.

House prices have plummeted in recent months. Several large rocks were sent plummeting down the mountain. She plummeted to the ground. decrease The tests show that the tumour has …

The verb plummet means "to drop sharply," like eagles that plummet toward earth, seeking prey, or school attendance that plummets when there is a flu outbreak. To correctly pronounce plummet, say "PLUH-met."

PLUMMETED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of plummet 2. to fall very quickly and suddenly: . Learn more.

Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden. 1. To fall straight down; plunge. 2. To decline suddenly and steeply: Stock prices plummeted. [Middle English plomet, from Old French, ball of lead, diminutive of plom, plomb, sounding lead, from Latin plumbum.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal. The TV show has plummeted in the ratings. Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend. The town's population plummets when the students leave for the summer.

to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position synonym plunge Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again. The jet plummeted into a row of houses.

It is dark and the temperature is plummeting. If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount. Share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day.

Synonyms for PLUMMETED: fell, plunged, tumbled, dipped, declined, dropped, sank, sunk; Antonyms of PLUMMETED: rose, soared, lifted, mounted, ascended, arose, spiked, increased