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nosedive

[ nohz-dahyv ]

/ ˈnoʊzˌdaɪv /

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noun Also nose dive.

a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.

a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline: a time when market values were in a nosedive.

verb (used without object), nose·dived or nose·dove, nose·dived, nose·div·ing. Also nose-dive.

to go into a nosedive: a warning that prices might nosedive.

Origin of nosedive

First recorded in 1910–15; nose + dive

Words nearby nosedive

nose wheel, nosebag, noseband, nosebleed, nosecount, nosedive, nosegay, nosepiece, nosewheel, nosewing, nosey

Example sentences from the Web for nose-dive

But he wouldn't quit yet; the activity might—probably would—take a nose-dive any instant.

The Vortex Blaster |Edward Elmer Smith
He might have made a nose-dive, trusting to flatten out' and gain the surface of the water.

Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. |Percy F. Westerman
Well, Bridgeman isn't back and Tam said he saw him nose-dive behind the German trenches.

Tam O' The Scoots |Edgar Wallace
She was then "on an even keel," but about to nose-dive towards the surface of the sea, barely a couple of hundred feet below.

Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. |Percy F. Westerman

As it was, it was really almost a nose-dive, and I did the first half of it with the throttle wide open.

Many Fronts |Lewis R. Freeman