plummeting
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plum·met
(plŭm′ĭt)n.
1. See plumb bob.
2. Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden.
intr.v. plum·met·ed, plum·met·ing, plum·mets
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.]
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plummeting
[ˈplʌmɪtɪŋ] ADJ [prices, profits, sales] → que cae(n) en picado or (LAm) en picada; [popularity] → que se va a pique; [temperatures] → que baja(n) drásticamenteCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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