Nosedive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A very steep dive of an aircraft.
  • n. A sudden, swift drop or plunge: Stock prices took a nosedive.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A headfirst fall or jump.
  • n. A rapid fall in price or value.
  • v. To dive down in a steep angle.
  • v. To perform a rapid fall in price or value.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To drop with the nose or front first, as of an airplane.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
  • n. a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline
  • v. plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft
  • n. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
  • Equivalent
    nose-dive   
    Verb Form
    nosedived    nosedives    nosediving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    descent    diminution    decline    dive    plunge    plunk   
    Hyponym
    power dive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts