stage dive

A form of stagedive — A leap from the stage of a concert onto the audience below.

Meanings

nounstage dive (plural stage dives)

plural stage dives

  1. alternativeAlternative form of stagedive.

    The crowd's excitement reaches a peak when dishy Dermot does a dramatic stage dive into the front few rows of fans.

    1999, Kathryn Lamb, The World According to Alex, page 130
    2 more examples

    If some girl does a stage dive, and people start groping her, that's not cool, obviously, and we have to say 'Cut that shit out.'

    1996 July 27, Bradley Bambarger, “The Modern Age”, in Billboard, volume 108, number 30, page 93

    The “Hold It Now Hit It” music video shows live footage of MCA performing his signature stage dive, the Fosberry Flop.

    2007, Mickey Hess, Icons of Hip Hop, page 100
verbstage dive (third-person singular simple present stage dives, present participle stage diving, simple past stage dived or (chiefly US) stage dove, past participle stage dived)

present singular third person stage dives · participle present stage diving · past stage dived · US past stage dove · participle past stage dived

  1. alternativeAlternative form of stagedive.

    l crowd surfed and stage dived when I was a punter.

    2013, Nuala Naughton, Barrowland: A Glasgow Experience
    2 more examples

    For the encore, RZA joined Rage for a pro forma peace, love, and happiness number, but the only real conciliation of the night came during Wu-Tang's set, when Method Man stage dived into the audience.

    1997 November, Jeff Salamon, “Reviews: Rage Against the Machine/Wu-Tang Clan/Atari Teenage Riot”, in SPIN, volume 13, number 8, page 153

    Hands were stretching out to him from everywhere, even from rows behind me. I wasn't quite sure what those women expected him to do. Stage dive?

    2012, S.C. Stephens, Thoughtless
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Chicago

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