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nose-dive
Word definitions for nose-dive in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nosedive \nose"dive`\, nose-dive \nose"-dive`\v. i. To drop with the nose or front first, as of an airplane. Syn: nosedive.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sudden large decrease," 1920, from airplane sense, first attested 1912, from nose (n.) + dive (n.). As a verb from 1915.
Usage examples of nose-dive.
Most people eventually picked up that kind of economical motion if their bodies didn't nose-dive into senescence by middle age, before they had time to mature, but this looked like the product of hard training, if not anabolic steroids.
Was he going to nose-dive now and kill us both, or throw me out over a sewage farm, or did he just not care whether we crashed or not?
First you were an unsung hero, then you lost your innocence, then your wings - until a beautiful and intelligent girl came along and pulled you out of the nose-dive.