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nose⋅dive

  [nohz-dahyv] noun, verb, -dived or -dove, -dived, -div⋅ing.
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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.
Origin:
1910–15; nose + dive
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nose·dive   (nōz'dīv')   
n.  

  1. A very steep dive of an aircraft.

  2. A sudden, swift drop or plunge: Stock prices took a nosedive.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
nosedive

  1. n.
    a great drop; a great decline. (As with a bird or an airplane diving—nose first—toward the ground. See also take a nosedive.) : This year our profits have taken a nosedive.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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