plummet

Etymology
From, recorded since 1382, from or , the diminutive of , , from. The verb is first recorded in 1626, originally meaning “to fathom, take soundings", from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.
 * 2)  Hence, any weight.
 * 3)  A piece of lead formerly used by schoolchildren to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines).
 * 4) A violent or dramatic fall.
 * 5)  A decline; a fall; a drop.
 * 1)  Hence, any weight.
 * 2)  A piece of lead formerly used by schoolchildren to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines).
 * 3) A violent or dramatic fall.
 * 4)  A decline; a fall; a drop.
 * 1) A violent or dramatic fall.
 * 2)  A decline; a fall; a drop.

Translations

 * Arabic: مِطْمَار, مِطْمَر, شَاقُول, تُرّ
 * Aramaic:
 * Jewish: מַשְׁקוּלְתָּא, מַתְקוּלְתָּא
 * Syriac: ܡܰܫܩܠܳܐ, ܡܰܬܩܳܠܴܐ
 * Bulgarian: отвес
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , Senker, Senklot,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: στάθμη, μολύβδαινα
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: aigeach, luaidhe
 * Italian: filo a piombo,
 * Latin: perpendiculum
 * Macedonian: ви́сок
 * Maori:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, blylodd
 * Nynorsk: lodd, blylodd
 * Ottoman Turkish: شاقول, سونده, اسقندیل, گز
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ви́сак
 * Latin:
 * Sicilian: chiummata, filu a chiummu
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, lodlina
 * Thai: ลูกดิ่ง


 * Bulgarian:
 * German:, Bleigewicht
 * Italian:
 * Sicilian:


 * Bulgarian: рязко спадане
 * German:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, nedstyrting
 * Sicilian: sbalancata, sdirrupuni, sdirrupata, tummata 'n terra


 * German:, , Rickgang, , , , Sinken, Absinken,
 * Italian: ,
 * Sicilian:, cascata, calancu, sdirrupata, sdirrupuni

Verb

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

Translations

 * Bulgarian: падам право надолу
 * Dutch: omlaagschieten, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , absinken, , , , herunterstürzen, , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: steypast, stingast
 * Italian:, cadere a piombo
 * Maori: makere, tirikohu, urupou
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: dykke, styrtdykke
 * Polish: gwałtownie spadać,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: obrušiti se,
 * Sicilian: chiummarisfunnari
 * Spanish: caer en picado
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tagalog: sumadsad
 * Thai: ดิ่ง