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nose over

nose over verb: to crash by landing such that the nose of the plane hits the ground first, causing the plane to topple forward.

Verb

nose over (third-person singular simple present noses over, present participle nosing over, simple past and past participle nosed over)

  1. (intransitive) To crash by landing such that the nose of the plane hits the ground first, causing the plane to topple forward.

Forms of nose over

third-person singular presentnoses over
present participlenosing over
past participlenosed over
pastnosed over

Questions about nose over

What does nose over mean?
Nose over means to crash by landing such that the nose of the plane hits the ground first, causing the plane to topple forward.
What part of speech is nose over?
Nose over is a verb.
What is the past tense of nose over?
The past tense of nose over is nosed over.

Words near nose over in the dictionary

  1. nose monkey
  2. nose monkeys
  3. nose of wax
  4. nose out
  5. nose out of joint
  6. nose over
  7. nose pad
  8. nose pads
  9. nose paint
  10. nose peg
  11. nose pegs

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