Synonyms of the word plummet


PLUMMETBOB - DROP - PLUMB - PLUMP

plummet

  • n. (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
  • n. (archaic) A plumb bob or a plumb line.
  • n. (archaic) Hence, any weight.
  • n. (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.
  • n. a plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
  • n. Violent or dramatic fall.
  • n. (figuratively) decline; fall; drop.
  • v. (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

bob

  • v. (intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at…
  • v. (transitive) To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
  • v. To curtsy.
  • v. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
  • n. A bobbing motion.
  • n. A bobber.
  • n. A curtsy.
  • n. A bob haircut.
  • n. Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when…
  • n. The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
  • n. The docked tail of a horse.
  • n. A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
  • n. The short runner of a sled.
  • n. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
  • n. A working beam in a steam engine.
  • n. A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
  • n. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
  • n. (obsolete) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
  • n. (obsolete) The refrain of a song.
  • n. (obsolete) A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.
  • v. (transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
  • v. (transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
  • v. Short form of bobsleigh.
  • n. (Kenya, slang ; UK and Australia, historical, dated slang) A shilling.
  • n. (Australia, dated slang) A 10-cent coin.
  • n. (slang) An unspecified amount of money.
  • n. Abbreviation of shishkabob.
  • n. (computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted…

drop

  • n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
  • n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
  • n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
  • n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
  • n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
  • n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
  • n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
  • n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
  • n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
  • n. (American football) A dropped pass.
  • n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
  • n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
  • n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
  • n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
  • n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
  • n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
  • n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
  • n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
  • n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
  • n. (architecture) A gutta.
  • n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
  • n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
  • n. A drop press or drop hammer.
  • n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
  • n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
  • v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
  • v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
  • v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
  • v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
  • v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
  • v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
  • v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
  • v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
  • v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
  • v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
  • v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
  • v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
  • v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
  • v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
  • v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
  • v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
  • v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
  • v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
  • v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
  • v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
  • v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
  • v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
  • v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
  • v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
  • v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
  • v. To give birth to.
  • v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
  • v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

plumb

  • adj. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
  • adj. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should…
  • adv. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
  • adv. (informal) Squarely, directly; completely.
  • n. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical…
  • n. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
  • v. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
  • v. To attach to a water supply and drain.
  • v. To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
  • v. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
  • v. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
  • v. (dated) To seal something with lead.
  • v. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
  • v. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
  • v. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
  • v. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.

plump

  • v. (intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.
  • v. (intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
  • v. (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
  • v. (transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
  • v. (intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).
  • v. (transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.
  • v. (used with for) To favor or decide in favor of something.
  • adj. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
  • adj. Fat.
  • adj. Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
  • adv. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
  • n. (obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

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