nosedive
/ˈnəʊzdaɪv/
nosedive noun: a headfirst fall or jump.
Noun
nosedive (plural nosedives)
- A headfirst fall or jump.
- A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards.
- A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.
- Byers was frequently at odds with Rail Regulator Sir Tom Winsor, but quit after 11 months - his career took a nosedive when he admitted false claims for £125,000 expenses, and he was banned from the House of Commons for two years.2022 April 6, Howard Johnston, “SRA: Lets not make the same mistakes with GBR”, in RAIL, number 954, page 34
Verb
nosedive (third-person singular simple present nosedives, present participle nosediving, simple past nosedived or (chiefly US) nosedove, past participle nosedived)
- To dive down in a steep angle.
- To perform a rapid fall in price or value.
- With punctuality nosediving and both overcrowding and cancellations on the rise, a new simplified timetable was introduced in December amid threats from the Mayor that he would ask the Secretary of State for Transport to strip Abellio of the franchise.2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 56
nosedive meaning in Malayalam
nosedive in Malayalam
- plunge, dive, descent
- കുത്തനെതാഴോട്ടുള്ള കുതിപ്പ്, കിഴുക്കാംതൂക്കായുള്ള കുതിച്ചു ചാട്ടം, കുത്തനെയുള്ള പതനം, താഴോട്ടുള്ള കുതിപ്പ്, പ്രയാണം, മുതലക്കൂപ്പ്
- fall, drop, plunge
- വീഴ്ച, പതനം, അധഃപതനം, വിലയിടിയൽ, താഴൽ, കുത്തനെവീഴൽ
- plunge, dive, pitch
- മൂക്കുകുത്തിവീഴുക, തലകുത്തിവീഴുക, കിഴുക്കാംതൂക്കായി വീഴുക, മുങ്ങുക, കൂപ്പുകുത്തുക, മുതലക്കൂപ്പു കുത്തുക
- fall, take a header, drop
- കൂപ്പുകുത്തുക, വീഴുക, പതിക്കുക, താണുപോകുക, താഴുക, കുത്തനെതാഴുക
Forms of nosedive
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nosedives |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nosedives |
| present participle | nosediving |
| past | nosedived |
| past US | nosedove |
| past participle | nosedived |
Origin of nosedive
From nose + dive.
Questions about nosedive
- What does nosedive mean?
- Nosedive means a headfirst fall or jump.
- What is nosedive in Malayalam?
- Nosedive in Malayalam is കുത്തനെതാഴോട്ടുള്ള കുതിപ്പ്, കിഴുക്കാംതൂക്കായുള്ള കുതിച്ചു ചാട്ടം, കുത്തനെയുള്ള പതനം. See Nosedive meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is nosedive?
- Nosedive can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce nosedive?
- Nosedive is pronounced /ˈnəʊzdaɪv/.
- What is the plural of nosedive?
- The plural of nosedive is nosedives.
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