NOSEDIVE

dive, nose dive, nosedive

(noun) a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

nosedive

(noun) a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline; “the stock took a nosedive”

nosedive

(verb) plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

nosedive (plural nosedives)

A headfirst fall or jump.

(economics) A rapid fall in price or value.

Verb

nosedive (third-person singular simple present nosedives, present participle nosediving, simple past and past participle nosedived)

(intransitive, of aircraft) To dive down in a steep angle.

(intransitive, economy) To perform a rapid fall in price or value.

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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