1
: a downward nose-first plunge of a flying object (such as an airplane)
2
: a sudden extreme drop
stock prices took a nosedive
nose-dive
intransitive verb
Examples of nosedive in a Sentence
The plane went into a nosedive.
The stock market took a nosedive.
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Production costs are up, while prices for soybeans and corn have taken a nosedive since their 2022 peaks.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
That's when the longtime friends with search backgrounds began pondering how AI had changed the search industry, as publishers today are forced to compete with AI outputs referencing their own content as search traffic nosedives.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
Gaining 70 total yards on their final six possessions in an October nosedive versus Louisville.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Nosedive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nosedive. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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nosedive
1 of 2 noun
nose·dive
ˈnōz-ˌdīv 
1
: a downward nose-first plunge (as of an airplane)
2
: a sudden extreme drop (as in prices)
nose-dive
2 of 2 verb
nose-dived; nose-diving
: to plunge suddenly or sharply
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