stage-dive

English

Noun

stage-dive (plural stage-dives)

1. Alternative form of stagedive
   • 2001, Everett True, Live Through This: American Rock Music in the Nineties, page 17:

     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.

Verb

stage-dive (third-person singular simple present stage-dives, present participle stage-diving, simple past and past participle stage-dived)

1. Alternative form of stagedive
   • 2002, Mary F. Brewer, Exclusions in Feminist Thought, page 126:

     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.

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

     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 .

   • 2011, Steve Dennis Taboo, Fallin' Up: My Story, page 167:

     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.