Advertisement

View definitions for nose-diving

nose-diving

verb as in plummet

verb as in dive

verb as in plummet

verb as in devalue

verb as in dive

Advertisement

Discover More

Example Sentences

I eat more turkey now and less steak, but my cholesterol is probably nose-diving.

We narrowly missed nose-diving into a chalk pit on the way, the so-called road being nothing but a rutty track.

Himmelman had opened fire while nose-diving at terrific speed.

It came nose-diving down out of a cloud, shaking its tail, and giving me a regular shower-bath of bullets—the usual Fokker trick.

The Old Guard was good to stabilize a nose-diving economy and a disintegrating body politic.

There was no getting away from the swallows; they were nose-diving to a bird.

Synonym of the day

Which one is a synonym for hostile?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 342 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nose-diving, such as: collapse, crash, decline, decrease, descend, and dip.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement