stage dive

English

Noun

stage dive (plural stage dives)

1. Alternative form of stagedive
   • 1996 July 27, Bradley Bambarger, “The Modern Age”, in Billboard, volume 108, number 30, page 93:

     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.'

   • 1999, Kathryn Lamb, The World According to Alex, page 130:

     The crowd's excitement reaches a peak when dishy Dermot does a dramatic stage dive into the front few rows of fans.

   • 2007, Mickey Hess, Icons of Hip Hop, page 100:

     The “Hold It Now Hit It” music video shows live footage of MCA performing his signature stage dive, the Fosberry Flop.

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
   • 1997 November, Jeff Salamon, “Reviews: Rage Against the Machine/Wu-Tang Clan/Atari Teenage Riot”, in SPIN, volume 13, number 8, page 153:

     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.

   • 2012, S.C. Stephens, Thoughtless:

     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?

   • 2013, Nuala Naughton, Barrowland: A Glasgow Experience:

     l crowd surfed and stage dived when I was a punter.