All 3 Uses of
plummet
in
The Hunger Games
- I'll never know because just as he's opening his mouth to continue, Haymitch plummets off the stage and knocks himself unconscious.
p. 24.9plummets = falls
- I swear the Gamemakers are progressively ratcheting up the temperature in the daytime and sending it plummeting at night.
p. 266.7 *plummeting = falling rapidly
- I dive forward just catching hold of Peeta as Cato loses his footing on the blood-slick horn and plummets to the ground.
p. 336.9plummets = falls
Definitions:
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(1)
(plummet) fall or decrease suddenly
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, plummet can reference the metal weight of a plumb line. (A plumb line is a cord from which a metal weight is suspended to indicate a straight line downward, or to measure depth.)