Usually means: Sharp, sudden descent in flight.
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  1. nose-dive: Merriam-Webster
  2. nose-dive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. nose dive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nose dive: Vocabulary.com
  5. nose-dive: Wordnik
  6. nose dive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. nose-dive, nose dive: Dictionary.com
  8. nose dive: Rhymezone
  9. nose-dive, nose dive: FreeDictionary.org
  10. nose dive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. nose-dive, nose dive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. nose dive: Wiktionary

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  1. nose dive: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Nose dive)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of nosedive [A headfirst fall or jump.]

Similar:
dive, nosedive, crash dive, nose cone, nosewheel, nosecone, nose bleed, nosebleed, nosebag, plummeting, more...

Opposite:
ascend, climb, rise, soar, upswing

Adjectives:
diving, predive, divey, back door, freeswimming, piked, drop-in, outside, kamikaze, right, pocket



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Similar:
dive, nosedive, crash dive, nose cone, nosewheel, nosecone, nose bleed, nosebleed, nosebag, plummeting, more...

Opposite:
ascend, climb, rise, soar, upswing

Adjectives:
diving, predive, divey, back door, freeswimming, piked, drop-in, outside, kamikaze, right, pocket



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