Meaning

3 senses

  1. A headfirst fall or jump.

  2. A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards.

  3. (usually)A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.

More definitions
  • a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline
  • a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Pull out of your nosedive, Tom.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From nose + dive.

From nose + dive.

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Forms

plural: nosedives
Singularnosedive
Pluralnosedives

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft:divenose dive

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
northwesternB1noseA1nosebleednostalgiaC2nostalgicC2nostrilB2
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