Crossword clues for nosedive
nosedive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A headfirst fall or jump. 2 (context economics English) A rapid fall in price or value. vb. 1 (context intransitive of aircraft English) To dive down in a steep angle. 2 (context intransitive economy English) To perform a rapid fall in price or value.
WordNet
v. plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft
Usage examples of "nosedive".
Quaaludes and red wine and then the odd Preludin to pull out of the grandiose nosedive of the Quaaludes and red wine.
In the last three decades, especially since about 1974, the Chloralkali business has taken a nosedive, down by about forty percent.
In a twist on the usual plagiarism-situation, the hardest work for Struck here is going to be sanitizing the prose in this Wild Conceits guy's thing, or at least bringing the verbs and modifiers down out of the like total ozone, which the Academese here on the wrhole sounds to Struck like the kind of foam-flecked megalograndiosity he associates with Quaaludes and red wine and then the odd Preludin to pull out of the grandiose nosedive of the Quaaludes and red wine.
His blood pressure took a nosedive, and he went limp, like someone had let the air out of a balloon.
Saladin nosedived while Farishta embraced air, hugging it with his arms and legs, a flailing, overwrought actor without techniques of restraint.
In Guardian mode now, he nosedived his mecha to within twenty feet of the floor and made a pass between two Zentraedi, bowling them over with the Veritech's wings.
He darted back down the tunnel to where the dog kept watch, trying to draw it after him with insults and nosedives, but the dog stayed put.
The Robotech chain-gun made its howling, buzzsaw sound again, and the alien became nosediving wreckage.
With Rick's ship out of control and nosediving in a spin, the Zentraedi had broken off his attack and turned on the Skull Team leader.
Real estate values in eastern Europe were nosediving again, and the elder Trumball saw opportunity smiling upon him once more.
Currents arcing in from infinity, nosediving, finally captured by the crusts of the two worlds.
And as the adrenalin began to recede and his skin stopped prickling, he eased up a little so as not to send the Land Rover nosediving off the rim of the ramp.
All that fancy jewelry showcased while the economy took a nosedive, illegals were sold on the street like soy dogs and guns were strapped on like fashion accessories.