Usually means: Sudden, sharp decline or fall.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word nosedive:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. nosedive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nosedive: Merriam-Webster
  3. nosedive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nosedive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nosedive: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nosedive: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nosedive, nosedive: Wordnik
  8. nosedive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nosedive: Wiktionary
  10. nosedive: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. nosedive: Dictionary.com
  12. nosedive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Nosedive (Black Mirror), Nosedive (aeronautics), Nosedive (board game), Nosedive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. nosedive: Rhymezone
  15. nosedive: FreeDictionary.org
  16. nosedive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. nosedive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nosedive: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nosedive: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nosedive, nosedive: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nosedive: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See nose-dive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A headfirst fall or jump.
noun:  (aviation) A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards.
noun:  (economics, etc.) A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.
verb:  (intransitive, of aircraft) To dive down in a steep angle.
verb:  (intransitive, economy) To perform a rapid fall in price or value.

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