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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : pluhm
Phonetic Transcription : plʌm



Definition of plumb

Origin :
  • "lead hung on a string to show the vertical line," early 14c., from Old French *plombe, plomee "sounding lead," and directly from Late Latin *plumba, originally plural of Latin plumbum "lead (the metal), lead ball; pipe; pencil," a word of unknown origin, related to Greek molybdos "lead" (dialectal bolimos) and perhaps from an extinct Mediterranean language, perhaps Iberian.
  • adj vertical
  • verb probe, go into
Example sentences :
  • He'll be plumb stoop-shouldered if he don't hurry up and get the new kicked off of 'em.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It is the vertebra which steadies him plumb up to a positive perpendicular.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 » by Various
  • You bet I shut him up quick—saying a thing like that about a plumb stranger.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • If all this newspaper stuff is so Albert was right all the time and I was plumb wrong.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • It's my sobri'ty that's my ondoin', that an' bein' plumb moral.
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • An' the best part is that my dear Oscar's so plumb ready an' willin'.
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • “I told you you was plumb full of information,” said Rathburn.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • When I have children I'm just going to leave them plumb alone.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • Manufactured by the makers of the famous Plumb "Anchor Brand" tools.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • But after he got his breath he didn't say much except that he was plumb tired.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

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