brodie

[broh-dee]

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive.

   to do a brodie from a high ledge.

2. a complete failure; flop.

3. a severe vehicular skid.

4. a sharp reversal in a vehicle's direction by sudden application of the brakes and wrenching of the steering wheel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brodie¹

After Steve Brodie, who claimed that he jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886

Example Sentences

“The thing that keeps me up at night, and gets me up in the morning, is moving faster in advancing these technologies that we have — that are already here — so that we can start moving faster towards this future,” Brodie said.

From Los Angeles Times

“The dream is the evolution of this,” said Maxwell Brodie, Rain’s chief executive.

From Los Angeles Times

Brodie, Rain’s chief executive, was disappointed but not deterred.

From Los Angeles Times

The killers, Jack Brearley and Brodie Palmer, were "callous and lacking in empathy" as they chased Turvey down and savagely beat the Noongar Yamatji boy with a metal pole, Justice Peter Quinlan told a packed courtroom on Friday.

From BBC

Victoria had shared an enclosure at the park, near Aviemore, with her second cub Brodie, aged three.

From BBC