nosedive in English

noun

1

a steep downward plunge by an aircraft.

I had to pull back hard on the stick as my wounded victory drops into a steep nosedive .

synonyms: dive, descent, drop, plunge, plummet, fall

verb

1

(of an aircraft) make a nosedive.

The airliner nosedived into Rockaway, about five miles from the airport, just after 9am.

synonyms: dive, plunge, pitch, drop, plummet

noun

• dive, descent, drop, plunge, plummet, fall
• fall, drop, plunge, plummet, tumble, decline, slump, crash
• nose dive, dive

verb

• dive, plunge, pitch, drop, plummet
• fall, take a header, drop, sink, plunge, plummet, tumble, slump, go down, decline, crash

noun

• nosedive, dive

Use "nosedive" in a sentence

1. The stock took a nosedive.

2. Prices have taken a nosedive.

3. Menopause causes sex drive to nosedive .

4. The plane suddenly went into a nosedive.

5. The Cfund, for that one month, took a nosedive.

6. The dollar took a nosedive early in trading today.

7. The thermometer took a nosedive the first day of winter.

8. The world's stock markets crash in the biggest nosedive since 19

9. Today the stock market took a nosedive and dropped 25 points.

10. That means all property values are going to nosedive until they are sold.

11. We were all terrified when the pilot took the plane into a nosedive.

12. The last part of the controlled descent will be a nosedive into the ground.

13. Global financial tsunami triggered by the market nosedive, all at one time the market panic selling.

14. 19 He told the tribunal his career had "taken a nosedive" since his dismissal last year.

15. And I imagine your chances for landing that job would take a nosedive if Conrad knew about your past.

16. There is surely a new formula here for those who wish to break out of the global environmental nosedive.