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What does plummet mean?

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Noun
  1. (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
  2. (archaic) A plumb bob or a plumb line
  3. (archaic) Hence, any weight
  4. (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
  5. A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
  6. Violent or dramatic fall
  7. (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
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