nosedive

Speech parts

1. nosedive - Noun

2. nosedive - Verb

Meaning

a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dive nose dive fall slip dove drop reduction decline pitch decrease collapse jump crash descent slide
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Antonyms

mount shin tower right increase levitation
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Hypernyms

decline descent dive plunge diminution plunk

Hyponyms

power dive

Phrases with the word

complete nosedive fall into a nosedive take a nosedive

Examples

the stock took a nosedive Source: Internet

Accounting for 318 of the mentioned 574, light commercial vehicles were down 96.8% from last year’s 9 812, while passenger vehicles totalled 105 units, a massive 99.6% nosedive from the 24 982 recorded twelve months ago. Source: Internet

But on the 24th, I pulled out of my nosedive and began to stabilize. Source: Internet

A car almost took a nosedive off the Brooklyn Heights Promenade on Wednesday following a wild ride past the corner of Clark Street and Columbia Heights. Source: Internet

The series took a bit of a nosedive in later years, with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5among the worst rated. Source: Internet

The legislators and staff of the EAC organs in Arusha intimated to The Citizen that it was time now for a quick intervention of the Heads of State to halt the nosedive. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nosed nosed out nosedeaf nosedness noseeum nosefirst