Definition of Dive
Noun: dive dIv
- A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
- honkytonk
- A headlong plunge into water
- diving
- A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
- nose dive, nosedive
- A swim under water using breathing equipment
- Drop steeply
"the stock market dived";
- plunge, plunk
- (water sport) plunge into water
"I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
- Swim under water
"the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
- (sports) deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting the opponent penalized
- A distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
"The diva swept into the room";
- prima donna
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