nosedive

American  

[nohz-dahyv] / ˈnoʊzˌdaɪv /

noun

1. a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.

2. a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline.

   a time when market values were in a nosedive.

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verb (used without object)

nosedived, nosedove, nosedived, nosediving

1. to go into a nosedive.

   a warning that prices might nosedive.

Etymology

Origin of nosedive

First recorded in 1910–15; nose + dive

Example Sentences

Rourke has previously admitted to running into money troubles when his career took a nosedive—resulting in what he described as the loss of “everything.”

From MarketWatch

A sovereign-debt crisis would mean the U.S. can’t pay its debts, or there is such widespread fear of default that interest rates soar and the economy nosedives.

From The Wall Street Journal

Somewhere over the winter, as defeats piled up and Spurs tumbled down the standings, they had entered a catastrophic nosedive.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their fighting had gotten worse after Celia’s grades took a nosedive and she didn’t get into the honors track for high school.

From Literature

But voter satisfaction has nosedived over the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal