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    [Noun]  | "plumb" | \ ˈpləm \


    1: a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French plum, plomb, from Latin plumbum lead;

    [Noun]  | "plumb bob" 


    1: the metal bob of a plumb line

    Origin: 1836 ;

    [Noun]  | "plumb line" 


    1: a line (as of cord) that has at one end a weight (such as a plumb bob) and is used especially to determine verticality

    2: a line directed to the center of gravity of the earth : a vertical line

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Adverb]  | "plumb" 


    1: straight down or up : vertically

    2: to a complete degree : absolutely

    3: in a direct manner : exactly; also : without interval of time : immediately

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Verb]  | "plumb" 


    1: to weight with lead

    2: to measure the depth of with a plumb

    3: to examine minutely and critically

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "plumb" 


    1: exactly vertical or true

    2: thorough, complete

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "plumb in" 


    1: to connect (something) to a water supply

    [Idiom]  | "plumb new depths" 


    1: to reach the lowest or worse state or condition

    [Idiom]  | "plumb the depths of" 


    1: to examine (something) in a careful and complete way in order to understand it

    2: to experience a lot of (something)

    [Adjective]  | "plumb" 


    1: having no exceptions or restrictions;


      * e.g., " ... a horror movie that's plumb trash and further evidence of the deterioration of popular culture "




    2: rising straight up;


      * e.g., " ... the wall was not plumb, so everything else in the room was out of kilter "



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    [Adverb]  | "plumb" 


    1: in a direct line or course;


      * e.g., " ... I can't believe he walked plumb into the tree, without even seeing it! "




    2: to a full extent or degree;


      * e.g., " ... I'm plumb tuckered out "




    3: without delay;


      * e.g., " ... we had no sooner resolved that crisis than we plumb rushed into another one "



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    [Verb]  | "plumb" 


    1: to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line;


      * e.g., " ... plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship "



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    [Phrase]  | "out of plumb" 


    1: inclined or twisted to one side;


      * e.g., " ... They placed shims behind the jamb to keep the door from racking out of plumb. "




     [ "plumb" ]

    1: Extremely, entirely, absolutely. The correct spelling of the word as it is used, especially in the Deep South, is plumb, not plum.

      * e.g.,  ... That dog ran so fast after the rabbit, he was plumb exhausted. 

     [ "plumb" ]

    1: A simpleton, dunce or idiot. Sometimes used in London.

      * e.g.,  ... "Eric's just fallen down the stairs... what a plumb!" 

     [ "plumb" ]

    1: to shove your tool into a girls dirty snatch

      * e.g.,  ... gabe wants to plumb michelle 

     [ "plumb" ]

    1: the straight version of the word faggot; british slang for “exactly straight up and down”. basically straggot but much more creative

      * e.g.,  ... ew, you like girls? god, bryan, you’re such a fucking plumb! 

     [ "plumbing" ]

    1: The reproductive system (gender neutral).

      * e.g.,  ... She went to the OB-GYN to have her plumbing checked out. 

     [ "Plumbing" ]

    1: Generic term for the bars of a jail cell

      * e.g.,  ... The plumbing in this joint consists of at least 1" hardened steel. 

     [ "plumbed" ]

    1: Seen in Half-Life 2 when one gets smacked upside the head by a flying toilet.

      * e.g.,  ... Half-Life 2 Deathmach rules 

     [ "plumBs" ]

    1: an extraordinarily large set of nuts that resemble two plums swaying gingerly in a latex glove.

      * e.g.,  ... i stopped pumpin the bitch, but my nuts kept swayin like a pendulum from my nacho to her gut 

     [ "Plumbing" ]

    1: Wearing one's pants so low as to display one's asscrack. Derived from the state of many a fat plumber's pants.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, pull up your pants you're plumbing. 

     [ "Plumb" ]

    1: To have casual sex with a girl.

      * e.g.,  ... See that hot girl? I'd totally plumb that. 

     [ "Plumb" ]

    2: derrived from how many pornos involve plumbers.

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