brodie

American  

[broh-dee] / ˈbroʊ di /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of brodie

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

Example Sentences

The incident happened in the Renfrewshire town's Brodie Park at about 04:30.

From BBC

Many Lego rooms wind up in basements, which have the advantage of discretion, says Brodie Overton, 40, a nurse and Lego fan in central Iowa.

From The Wall Street Journal

So proclaims Miss Jean Brodie, a free-spirited instructor at the all-girls Marcia Blaine School in Edinburgh.

From The Wall Street Journal

Miss Brodie eschews formalities and the standard curriculum.

From The Wall Street Journal

These girls make up what the school’s fusty headmistress, Miss Mackay, derisively labels “the Brodie set.”

From The Wall Street Journal