Answer to "Took a nosedive" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FELL , but the solution may also be FELL Down which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).

Took a nosedive crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
FELL	78 %	4
FELL Down	11 %	39
PLUNGED	11 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Took a nosedive

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• fell
• drop
• fall
• tumble
• plummet
• swoop
• tank
• ate
• blocked
• broke
• broken
• business

Crossword Answer definitions

FELL noun

1. A cutting-down of timber.
2. The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
3. The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

FELL verb

1. To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
2. To strike down, kill, destroy.
3. To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

FELL noun

1. An animal skin, hide, pelt.
2. Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

FELL noun

1. (obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
2. (obsolete outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.

FELL adjective

1. Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
2. Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
3. Very large; huge.
4. Eager; earnest; intent.

FELL adverb

1. Sharply; fiercely.

FELL noun

1. Anger; gall; melancholy.

FELL noun

1. The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

FELL verb

1. (heading) To be moved downwards.
2. To move downwards.
3. To happen, to change negatively.
4. To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
5. To diminish; to lessen or lower.
6. To bring forth.
7. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
8. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
9. To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
10. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
11. To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
12. To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
13. To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
14. (of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result FELL

• Tumbled
• Toppled
• Character actor Norman
• Dove
• Collapsed
• Chop down
• Deadly, as a swoop
• Swoop's adjective
• Plummeted
• Cut down

More clues leading to the result FELL Down

• Took a nosedive

More clues leading to the result PLUNGED

• Dropped quickly
• Dived.
• Took a dive.
• Took a nosedive