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.

    A couple of Lamefest showcases at London's Astoria saw Tad, Nirvana and Mudhoney vying for media attention and to see who could complete the most outrageous stage-dive.

    2001, Everett True, Live Through This: American Rock Music in the Nineties, page 17
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.

    Referring to her tour with Nine Inch Nails, Love states: “ In Minneapolis, I wore a dress that was so restricting and heels that were five inches high, I could barely stage-dive.

    2002, Mary F. Brewer, Exclusions in Feminist Thought, page 126
    2 more examples

    I discovered them at a local workingman's club where I reverted into a fourteen-year-old; stole onto the stage during their performance, nicked Slash's felt top hat, kissed Duff on the cheek and stage-dived off .

    2007, Rachel Trezise, Dial M for Merthyr: On Tour with Midasuno, page 109

    A mass of hands passed me around like an inflatable human, and I never stopped enjoying the craziness. At one gig, the energy was so crazy that the Peas turned into leaping lemmings after me. Apl stage-dived. Then Will.

    2011, Steve Dennis Taboo, Fallin' Up: My Story, page 167
Cite this entry
APA

stage-dive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage-dive

MLA

“stage-dive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage-dive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stage-dive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage-dive.

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