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stage dive en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of stagedive.
   alt 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:
   • 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:
   • 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:

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stage dive en · VERB

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of stagedive.
   alt of stagedive
   • 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:
   • l crowd surfed and stage dived when I was a punter. 2013, Nuala Naughton, Barrowland: A Glasgow Experience:

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stage diver