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• stage dive
  stage dive

  noun

  a jump from a stage into the crowd, usually resulting in being caught and carried by the crowd. See crowd surfing.
• stage-dive
  stage-dive

  verb

  (intr) to jump off the stage at a concert onto the crowd below

stage dive

American  

[stayj dahyv] / ˈsteɪdʒ ˌdaɪv /

noun

1. a jump from a stage into the crowd, usually resulting in being caught and carried by the crowd. See crowd surfing.

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verb (used without object)

stage dived, stage diving

1. to jump into a crowd from a stage.

stage-dive British  

verb

1. (intr) to jump off the stage at a concert onto the crowd below

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Other Word Forms

• stage diver
  noun
• stage-diver
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The stage dive came as the star performed Roar at the end of 60 colourful minutes of pure grade pop, including the hits Firework and ET.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2017

The last song culminates in a 10-minute stage dive.

From The Guardian ● May 6, 2017

And her performance was brisk and saucy, involving choreographed dance moves – part of her move into poppier territory – and ending in a stage dive that was less punk than good stagecraft.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2012

Wearing a red-stained butcher's smock, she flung her high-heels into the crowd, the better to stomp, twirl, somersault and stage dive.

From Chicago Tribune ● Aug. 8, 2011

Kids mob the front row, cheering and calling for me to stage dive.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Before we stage-dive into the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ contributions to pop music’s feel-good pantheon, a confession: Pretty much every entry in their post-”Californication” discography gives me hives.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

Vocalists with candy-colored hair and gender-bending jewelry, who stage-dive into crowds of shrieking young fans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2017

In a gag reminiscent of one in “School of Rock,” Jones’s character had attempted to stage-dive, but the crowd had failed to catch her.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016

I mean, would you want to stage-dive at a Suede concert?

From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2013

You resolved in 2010 that you wouldn’t stage-dive anymore after you had a mishap.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2012