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stagedive en · NOUN

Etymology

From stage + dive.

Meanings

1. A leap from the stage of a concert onto the audience below.
   • I also heard Yow's boots later that night after a particularly tangled stagedive. 2014, The Jesus Lizard Book, page 163:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
stage dive		alternative	lexicographic
stagedives	Number=Plur		lexicographic
stage-dive		alternative	lexicographic

stagedive en · VERB

Etymology

From stage + dive.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To leap from the stage of a concert onto the audience below.
   • People invented new and silly ways to dance and stagedive, and bands like Isocracy—made up of Gilman volunteers—came up with numerous stunts to keep themselves and the audience entertained at their shows ( this usually involved a lot of throwing stuff back and forth). 2004, Brian Edge, 924 Gilman: The Story So Far, page 17:
   • In New York, people didn't even know how to stagedive. 2010, Steven Blush, George Petros, American Hardcore, page 192:
   • I deserve to get raped by a crowd if I stagedive in a dress, I deserve to get raped if I go to a bar and I'm wearing a bikini, I deserve to get raped because I did all these things I said before — nipping a hot young rock star in the bud, having a baby, having been a stripper, having used drugs. 1998, John M. Rocco, Brian Rocco, The Nirvana Companion, page 131:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
stagediving	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
stagedives	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
stagedived	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
stagedived	Tense=Past		lexicographic
stage-dive		alternative	lexicographic
stagedove	Tense=Past	US	lexicographic
stage dive		alternative	lexicographic