nosedive
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noun Also, nose dive.
1.
a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
2.
a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline: a time when market values were in a nosedive.
verb (used without object) Also, nose-dive.
3.
to go into a nosedive: a warning that prices might nosedive.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Nosedive
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example sentences
One of the wings snapped, sending his prized plane into a nosedive for the ice.
As population density increases or is perceived to have increased, empathy in that society takes a nosedive.
Fascinatingly, this nosedive appears to be affixed to a particular starting point.
In this particular lesson the flight instructor cut the small plane's engine and put the plane into a nosedive.
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