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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline; "the stock took a nosedive"
2: a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft [syn: dive, nose dive, nosedive] v
1: plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1912 1. a downward nose-first plunge of a flying object (as an airplane) 2. a sudden extreme drop <stock prices took a nosedive> • nose-dive intransitive verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a steep downward plunge by an aeroplane. 2 a sudden plunge or drop. --v.intr. make a nosedive.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also nose-dive(nosedives, nosediving, nosedived) 1. If prices, profits, or exchange rates nosedive, they suddenly fall by a large amount. (JOURNALISM) The value of other shares nosedived by £2.6 billion. = plummet VERB: V • Nosedive is also a noun. The bank yesterday revealed a 30 per cent nosedive in profits. N-SING 2. If something such as someone's reputation or career nosedives, it suddenly gets much worse. (JOURNALISM) Since the US invasion the president's reputation has nosedived. VERB: V • Nosedive is also a noun. He told the tribunal his career had 'taken a nosedive' since his dismissal last year. N-SING