nose dive

Other forms: nose dives

Definitions of nose dive
  1. noun
    a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
    synonyms: dive, nosedive
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    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
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