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1. A headlong plunge into water
    
2. A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
   - nose dive, nosedive
    
3. A swim under water using breathing equipment
    
4. [informal] A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
   - honky-tonk

1. Swim under water
   "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
    
2. Drop steeply
   "the stock market dived";
   - plunge, plunk
    
3. (water sport) plunge into water
   "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
    
4. (sports) deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting the opponent penalized

1. A distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
   "The diva swept into the room";
   - prima donna

Derived forms: dives, diving, dived

Type of: cabaret, club, come down, descend, descent, fall, go down, night club, nightclub, nightspot, opera star, operatic star, sink, submerge, submerse, swim, swimming

Encyclopedia: Dive