nose dive

Speech parts

1. nose dive - Noun

2. nose dive - Verb

Meaning

a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

nose-dive

Synonyms

dive nosedive lower fall reduce decline drop reduction pitch collapse jump crash descent banking breakdown
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Antonyms

level increase develop rise gain improve
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Hypernyms

descent

Hyponyms

power dive

Examples

After playing 37 snaps in New England’s Week 4 loss in Kansas City (66 percent of the Patriots’ defensive plays), his snap count has taken a nose dive over the last month. Source: Internet

After maybe the worse two years of her music career with the flop of her last CD, "Damita Jo," and the disaster that many are referring to as, "Nipple Gate," at the 2004 Super bowl, Janet's career seemed to take a nose dive. Source: Internet

During the race, the vehicle her team designed and built had taken a nose dive, but due to its Kevlar-reinforced nose cone, it survived and went on to complete the race - even placing competitively. Source: Internet

“Most super funds would have taken a real nose dive when the whole pandemic was announced and the stock market crashed a bit,” says Mrs Nagel. Source: Internet

The party which was said to have been held at a house located in the highbrow area of Lekki in Lagos was allegedly interrupted by the police and things took a nose-dive. Source: Internet

No one seems to know where the stock market is heading and why it took such a stomach-crunching nose-dive. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nose count nose cowl nose deaf nose drops nose flute nose gear