stagedive

English

Alternative forms

• stage dive, stage-dive

Etymology

From stage +‎ dive.

Noun

stagedive (plural stagedives)

1. A leap from the stage of a concert onto the audience below.
   • 2014, The Jesus Lizard Book, page 163:

     I also heard Yow's boots later that night after a particularly tangled stagedive.

Verb

stagedive (third-person singular simple present stagedives, present participle stagediving, simple past and past participle stagedived)

1. (intransitive) To leap from the stage of a concert onto the audience below.
   • 1998, John M. Rocco, Brian Rocco, The Nirvana Companion, page 131:

     I deserve to get raped by a crowd if I stagedive in a dress, I deserve to get raped if I go to a bar and I'm wearing a bikini, I deserve to get raped because I did all these things I said before — nipping a hot young rock star in the bud, having a baby, having been a stripper, having used drugs.

   • 2004, Brian Edge, 924 Gilman: The Story So Far, page 17:

     People invented new and silly ways to dance and stagedive, and bands like Isocracy—made up of Gilman volunteers—came up with numerous stunts to keep themselves and the audience entertained at their shows ( this usually involved a lot of throwing stuff back and forth).

   • 2010, Steven Blush, George Petros, American Hardcore, page 192:

     In New York, people didn't even know how to stagedive.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English stagedive.

Noun

stagedive c

1. a stagedive

   göra en stagedive

   do a stage dive

Declension

Declension of stagedive

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stagedive	stagedives
	definite	stagediven	stagedivens
plural	indefinite	stagedives, stagedivar	stagedives, stagedivars
	definite	stagedivarna	stagedivarnas

Related terms

• stagediva
• stagedivare
• stagediving