plummet, plump
(verb) drop sharply; “The stock market plummeted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plummet (plural plummets)
(archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
(archaic) Hence, any weight
(archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
Violent or dramatic fall
(figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop
plummet (third-person singular simple present plummets, present participle plummetting or plummeting, simple past and past participle plummetted or plummeted)
(intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
• (to drop swiftly): dive, drop, fall
• (to drop swiftly): ascend, rise, rocket, soar, skyrocket
Source: Wiktionary
Plum"met, n. Etym: [OE. plommet, OF. plommet, fr. plom, plum, lead, F. plomb. See Plumb.]
1. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. Shak.
2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
3. Hence, any weight.
4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. Plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 June 2024
(adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; “audacious explorers”; “fearless reporters and photographers”; “intrepid pioneers”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
