Nosedive

//ˈnəʊzdaɪv//

Synonyms for "nosedive" (6 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (1)

Related words (3)

Noun(1 words)

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related to

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Translations

48 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • срив noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • пикирам verb (to dive down in a steep angle)
  • сривам verb (to perform a rapid fall in price or value)

Catalan

4 entries
  • caiguda de preu noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • caiguda de valor noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • capbussada noun (a headfirst fall or jump)
  • capbussó noun (a headfirst fall or jump)

Danish

4 entries
  • styrtdyk noun (a headfirst fall or jump)
  • styrtdykning noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • styrtdykke verb (to dive down in a steep angle)
  • styrtdykke verb (to perform a rapid fall in price or value)

Dutch

2 entries
  • duikvlucht noun (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards)
  • een duikvlucht maken verb (to dive down in a steep angle)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hyppy pää edellä noun (a headfirst fall or jump)
  • pystysyöksy noun (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards)
  • romahdus noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • syöksy pää edellä noun (a headfirst fall or jump)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bukórepülés noun (a headfirst fall or jump)
  • mélyrepülés noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • zuhanás noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • zuhanórepülés noun (a headfirst fall or jump)

Italian

3 entries
  • picchiata noun (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards)
  • crollare verb (to perform a rapid fall in price or value)
  • scendere in picchiata verb (to dive down in a steep angle)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 急降下 noun (a headfirst fall or jump)
  • 急降下 noun (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards)
  • 急降下する verb (to dive down in a steep angle)

Māori

1 entries
  • tapakō verb (to dive down in a steep angle)

Polish

2 entries
  • skoczyć na główkę noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • skok na główkę noun (a headfirst fall or jump)

Spanish

4 entries
  • desplome de precio noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • desplome de valor noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • salto m de cabeza noun (a headfirst fall or jump)
  • desplomarse el precio verb (to perform a rapid fall in price or value)

Swedish

4 entries
  • störtdykning noun (a headfirst fall or jump)
  • störtdykning noun (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards)
  • störtdykning noun (a rapid fall in price or value)
  • störtdyka verb (to dive down in a steep angle)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Pull out of your nosedive, Tom.

Source: tatoeba (6600769)

The once-vibrant cotton industry took a nosedive in the 1990s and is only now starting to get back on its feet. But it might be too little too late.

Source: tatoeba (12231908)

Byers was frequently at odds with Rail Regulator Sir Tom Winsor, but quit after 11 months - his career took a nosedive when he admitted false claims for £125,000 expenses, and he was banned from the House of Commons for two years.

Source: wiktionary

With punctuality nosediving and both overcrowding and cancellations on the rise, a new simplified timetable was introduced in December amid threats from the Mayor that he would ask the Secretary of State for Transport to strip Abellio of the franchise.

Source: wiktionary

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