dive bomb

A form of divebomb — The rapid lowering of the pitch of a note on the guitar by means of the whammy bar.

Meanings

noundive bomb (plural dive bombs)

plural dive bombs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of divebomb.
verbdive bomb (third-person singular simple present dive bombs, present participle dive bombing, simple past and past participle dive bombed)

present singular third person dive bombs · participle present dive bombing · participle past dive bombed · past dive bombed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of divebomb.
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APA

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Chicago

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