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nosedive

DEFINITIONS OF: nosedive

1

n a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

Synonyms:
dive, nose dive
Types:
power dive
a dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine
Type of:
descent
the act of changing your location in a downward direction

n a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline

“the stock took a nosedive”
Type of:
decline, diminution
change toward something smaller or lower

v plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

Type of:
dive, plunge, plunk
drop steeply
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