Definition of "nose-dive" []

• To perform a nosedive. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Now they are grappling with shrinking retirement accounts, as major stock indexes nose-dive and yields on U.S Treasurys touch new lows amid the market turmoil."
• "This nose-dive in support for a bold new government spending initiative to fight unemployment is directly tied to the violent plunge in the U.S. stock prices caused by the credit rating downgrade of the United States of America."
• "But it and several other high-flying Chinese web companies have since taken a nose-dive amid investor jitters."