0 past simple and past participle of nosedive
1 to suddenly fall to the ground with the front pointing down:
On another occasion his business had nosedived and there was possibility of his becoming bankrupt.
Shortly after taking off, the control tower lost contact with the aircraft which began flying erratically and eventually nosedived and exploded on impact.
Witnesses who saw the plane in the air afterward claim it was flying erratically, then nosedived and exploded on impact.
Local media made lurid reports, and diplomatic relations between the countries nosedived.
Land values in the "barrio" proper suddenly nosedived.
A witness described hearing the engine making a rattling noise shortly before the aircraft nosedived.
The club's form nosedived in the 192122 season, with a finishing position of nineteenth, before bouncing back to a fifth-placed finish the following campaign.
The plane immediately nosedived to the ground.
