nosedive
[nohz-dahyv]
- a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline: a time when market values were in a nosedive.
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- to go into a nosedive: a warning that prices might nosedive.
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Origin of nosedive
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Related Words
dunk, descent, spill, immersion, dive, tumble, jump, fall, swoop, venture, pitch, spree, investment, duck, submergence, submersion, slope, declivity, plummet, ebbExamples from the Web for nosedive
Contemporary Examples
Back in the 2011 season, the Colombian crop took a nosedive, dropping from 12 million bags to 7.6 million.
Much the same as the rest of the world, the music industry took a nosedive in 2008.
We have never seen a nosedive this dramatic in the recent history of this country.
But the plan misfired, and when Laura found herself on her own at college, her high-flying life went into a nosedive.
Perry had multiple problems beyond immigration when he began to nosedive in the polls.