plumb
Regional
- Meaning
- Completely, utterly (as intensifier).
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Texas, Appalachia, Oklahoma, Tennessee
What does “plumb” mean
An intensifier meaning 'absolutely' or 'completely'. Used across the South and Appalachia: 'plumb tuckered out' (exhausted), 'plumb crazy', 'plumb out of luck'. Derives from the carpenter's plumb line (truly vertical) and survives in regional speech long after dropping out of standard American English.
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