Definitions of nosedive [ˈnoʊzˌdaɪv]

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Definition of 'nosedive'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) nosedive
a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.

2. nosedive
a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline.

3. (v.i.) nosedive
to go into a nosedive.

Etymology: (1840–50, Amer.; pseudo-Amerind E version of you can't see 'em)

Definition of 'nosedive'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) nosedive
a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline
"the stock took a nosedive"

2. (verb) dive, nose dive, nosedive
a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

3. (verb) nosedive
plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

Translation of 'nosedive'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a dive or fall with the head or nose first The aeroplane did a nosedive into the sea.
Afrikaans: duikslag	Arabic: إنْقِضاض رأسي، سُقوط رَأس	Bulgarian: пикиране
Brazilian: mergulho	Czech: let střemhlav	German: der Sturzflug
Danish: styrtdyk	Greek: βουτιά με τη μύτη	Spanish: picado
Estonian: pikeerimine	Farsi: سقوط با بینی	Finnish: syöksy
French: piqué	Hebrew: צְלִילָה של מָטוֹס	Hindi: अत्यधिक गिरना, नाक के बल
Croatian: obrušavanje, strmoglaviti	Hungarian: zuhanórepülés	Indonesian: tukikan
Icelandic: dÿfa	Italian: (discesa/caduta in) picch	Japanese: 急降下
Korean: 수직 강하	Lithuanian: pikiravimas, kritimas	Latvian: pikēšana
Malay: junaman	Dutch: duikvlucht	Norwegian: stup
Polish: pikowanie	Persian: ،مثال طياره كه روبه بينى	Pashto: مخ پر پوزه لويدل
Portuguese: mergulho	Romanian: picaj	Russian: крутое пике
Slovak: let strmhlav	Slovenian: pikiranje	Serbian: okomito spuštanje
Swedish: [stört]dykning	Thai: ตกลงแบบหัวหรือจมูกทิ่มลงก	Turkish: baş aşağı dalış, balıklam
Taiwanese: 俯衝	Ukrainian: піке, пікірування	Urdu: سر کے بل گرنا
Vietnamese: sự đâm bổ nhào	Chinese: 俯冲
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