stock dove

American

[duhv] / dʌv /

noun

a cosmopolitan wild pigeon, Columba oenas, of Europe.

stock dove British

noun

a European dove, Columba oenas, smaller than the wood pigeon and having a uniformly grey plumage

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Etymology

Origin of stock dove

1300–50; Middle English stokdove; compare German Stocktaube; so called because it nests in hollow tree trunks

Example Sentences

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Shares of Twitter’s stock dove in response, falling to almost $40, suggesting strong doubt on Wall Street that the deal would ever close.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022

The stock dove more than 70% on Friday morning, after the biotech focused on gastrointestinal drugs announced results of its strategic review Thursday evening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2018

Greene, who once ranked No. 22 on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list, was fired from her job as CEO in July 2008 after the company’s stock dove 60 percent.

From Inc • Aug. 18, 2011

The birds are singing in the distant woods; Over his own sweet voice the stock dove broods.

From An Autobiography by Spence, Catherine Helen

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