Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very steep dive of an aircraft.
- noun A sudden, swift drop or plunge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To drop with the nose or front first, as of an airplane.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
headfirst fall or jump. - noun economics A rapid fall in price or value.
- verb intransitive, of aircraft To
dive down in a steep angle. - verb intransitive, economy To perform a rapid fall in price or value.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline
- verb plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft
- noun a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
- noun a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
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Examples
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Ever since the "Flash Crash" in May of 2010 - when the market took an unprecedented short-term nosedive due to computer-driven trading - many investors had wondered if the growing popularity of exchange-traded funds was somehow driving the market through its manic periods.
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The nosedive could be a sign that it lacks the shelf life that made Baron Cohen's "Borat" a
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Possum, that is the first I have heard of the "nosedive" concept.
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A witness said that the woman in her 70s saw the car "nosedive" into the Avon from the opposite bank.
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A witness said that the woman in her 70s saw the car "nosedive" into the Avon from the opposite bank.
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A witness said that the woman in her 70s saw the car "nosedive" into the Avon from the opposite bank.
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A witness said that the woman in her 70s saw the car "nosedive" into the Avon from the opposite bank.
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History suggests such a connection could give way at any time - over almost any issue - and send Obama into the kind of nosedive from which other presidents never recovered.
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A witness said that the woman in her 70s saw the car "nosedive" into the Avon from the opposite bank.
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A witness said that the woman in her 70s saw the car "nosedive" into the Avon from the opposite bank.
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