nosedivePronunciation: /ˈnəʊzdʌɪv/Translate nosedive | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of nosedive noun a steep downward plunge by an aircraft: the pilot put the plane in a nosedive and ejected a sudden dramatic deterioration:the player’s fortunes took a nosedive verb [no object] (of an aircraft) make a nosedive: the plane nosedived into the ground and exploded deteriorate suddenly and dramatically:massive strikes caused the economy to nosedivenosedive in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of nosedive in the US English dictionary