Meanings
nounstage diving (countable and uncountable, plural stage divings)
plural stage divings
- countableuncountableThe practice of jumping from the stage in a rock concert to be caught and carried aloft by the crowd.
Soon metalheads would invade the narrow pit between the stage and seats, often climbing over rows of seats, to start a long series of walls of death, stage divings, crowdsurfing […]
2019, Stefano Barone, Metal, Rap, and Electro in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stage dive
Origin
Translations
Finnish lavasukellus
- lavasukelluspractice of jumping from the stage on the raised hands of the audience
German Stagediving
- Stagedivingpractice of jumping from the stage on the raised hands of the audience
Norwegian Bokmål scenestuping
- scenestupingpractice of jumping from the stage on the raised hands of the audience
Swedish stagediving, stagedivande
- stagedivingpractice of jumping from the stage on the raised hands of the audience
- stagedivandepractice of jumping from the stage on the raised hands of the audience
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APA
stage diving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage%20diving
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“stage diving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage%20diving. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stage diving,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage%20diving.
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