NOSE DIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nose dive mean? 

• NOSE DIVE (noun)
  The noun NOSE DIVE has 1 sense:

1. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

  Familiarity information: NOSE DIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOSE DIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dive; nose dive; nosedive

Hypernyms ("nose dive" is a kind of...):

descent (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nose dive"):

power dive (a dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine)