dive
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7.9
- noun
- /daɪv/
- Slang
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antro
- My guess is this little dive has been feeding on bikers and truckers for a long time.
I say clubbing, I'm talking your typical High Street dive.
- I say clubbing, I'm talking your typical High Street dive.
- And I cross, you know, I'm there dressed to the lines, looking smart, and I'm crossing thresholds that are proper fucking dives.
Examples
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Eventually, I wound up at a bar, a real dive called the Vast Wasteland.
Fiction book (2000) -
We ended up in this dive motel.
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I followed him to some dive in the village.
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At the corner of the street was a dive called The Quiet Man.
Fiction book (2002) -
Down at a local dive, the kids like to hang out.
Fiction book (2002) -
And I also, one of my former students runs the schedule at this dive bar in town.
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It's a bit of a dive, but the food is good and the atmosphere is great.
Fiction book (1992) -
It was in a total dive in Camden.
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We trailed him to a little dive down on Yockster Street.
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Last weekend, we visited a dive on Main Street that had live music every night.
Synonyms
1
8.8
A cheap bar where people drink and are often rowdy
1
9.8
A cheap bar or dance hall where people dance to country music
A cheap run-down bar where people drink and smoke
A small cheap bar where rough blues or jazz is played
A cheap, slightly shabby bar or restaurant liked for its relaxed, fun atmosphere
Idioms
Compounds
3
5.1
A dive where the diver arches their back and stretches their arms before entering the water
1
5.3
A sudden steep fall that often happens to a plane with its front pointing down or to prices
- Specialized
1
8.6
A small hinged flap or parachute on an aircraft that increases drag to slow descent
- Specialized
A dive where the diver bends the back and stretches the arms before entering the water
How Respectable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dive for a cheap bar probably comes from the idea of 'diving' into a low, hidden place, so a dive is a shabby or disreputable spot you 'duck' into out of sight.