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[ adverb ] (slang) completely; used as intensifiers
Examples "clean forgot the appointment" "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" Used in print (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)He knew that anything a brainy little lady like her had to say would be plumb important , as_well_as pleasin ' to the ear , and he did n't want to miss a word of_it . Figger we got_to be plumb careful with any of you Highlands big_shots '' . Related terms |
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[ verb ] measure the depth of something
Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)He evolved programs that plumbed new depths of bathos and besmirched whole networks , and quickly superseded his boss . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] exactly vertical
Examples "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb Related terms |
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[ adverb ] (informal) exactly
Synonyms Examples "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] conforming to the direction of a plumb line
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[ verb ] examine thoroughly and in great depth
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6205
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