brodie

[ broh-dee ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:

   to do a brodie from a high ledge.

2. a complete failure; flop.
3. a severe vehicular skid.
4. a sharp reversal in a vehicle's direction by sudden application of the brakes and wrenching of the steering wheel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brodie¹

After Steve Brodie, who claimed that he jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886

Example Sentences

Owing to a mix of retirements, injuries and overseas transfers, Robertson is also without Whitelock, Beauden Barrett, Brodie Retallick, Aaron Smith and Richie Mo'unga.

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He visited Mallacoota in 2019 with his partner Brodie Gaudion on an initial three-month holiday visa to meet her family for the first time, and ended up staying.

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The manager had started five players aged 21 or younger against Belarus and, by bringing Brodie Spencer into his starting line-up in place of Jamal Lewis, it was six against Bulgaria.

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The scheme was run by Jay Brodie who at the time was a senior figure in the city’s housing department.

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The project came to a halt in 1988 after Mr Brodie left the department in the early 1980s.

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