nosedive

[nohz-dahyv]

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noun Also nose dive.

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.

verb (used without object), nose·dived or nose·dove, nose·dived, nose·div·ing. Also nose-dive.

to go into a nosedive: a warning that prices might nosedive.

Origin of nosedive

First recorded in 1910–15; nose + dive

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Related Words for nosedive

dunk, descent, spill, immersion, dive, tumble, jump, fall, swoop, venture, pitch, spree, investment, duck, submergence, submersion, slope, declivity, plummet, ebb

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Contemporary Examples of nosedive

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Perry had multiple problems beyond immigration when he began to nosedive in the polls.
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