Both Uses of
plummet
in
The Hammer of Thor
- Hearthstone and I plummeted through the frigid air, me waving my arms and screaming, Hearth in a perfect swan dive with granite Blitzen tied to his back.†
p. 164.2 *
- Or she might have meant fly as in we're going to tumble off a cliff and plummet to our deaths.†
p. 101.2
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.)