tombstoning
Leaping into water
Tombstoning has two distinct meanings.
In publishing and design, it refers to the accidental alignment of headlines or column elements that creates an awkward visual effect, like headstones in a row.
In British slang, tombstoning is the dangerous practice of jumping from cliffs, piers, or bridges into water—the rigid vertical posture resembling a tombstone: Two teenagers were injured tombstoning off the harbor wall.
Sudden springing movement
- plungeSudden steep descent
- freefallUnimpeded downward motion
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- entryAccess or submission
splash · impact · feet-first · cannonball · drop · launch · trajectory · height
Steep rock face
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- overhangSection projecting beyond support
- cragSteep rugged outcrop
height · rockface · drop · bluff · escarpment · limestone · basalt · geology
Emergency response hormone
- rushQuick sudden movement
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- heart-poundingCausing intense physical excitement
daring · fearlessness · boldness · courage · dopamine · endorphins · euphoria · intensity
People aged thirteen to nineteen
- daredevilReckless risk-taker
- bravadoPretense of fearlessness
- showing-offOstentatious display of skill
- viralSpreading quickly online
filming · summer · holiday · challenge · stunt · group · mates · thrill-seekers
Coastal recreational area
- coveSheltered coastal indentation
- harbourSheltered anchorage for ships
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- oceanMassive saltwater body
waves · tide · currents · saltwater · rockpool · shingle · bluffs · pier
Death by water inhalation
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
- fatalityDeath from accident
- spinalOf the backbone
currents · hypothermia · impact · trauma · concussion · fracture · rescue · coastguard
First public stock offering
- stockGoods kept for sale
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- dead-stockUnsellable surplus merchandise
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
decline · candlestick · securities · trading · bearish · collapse
leap
Sudden springing movement
entry · splash · impact · feet-first · cannonball · drop · launch · trajectory · height · clearance
precipice
Steep rock face
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- overhangSection projecting beyond support
crag · height · rockface · drop · bluff · escarpment · limestone · basalt · geology · erosion
adrenaline
Emergency response hormone
- rushQuick sudden movement
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
heart-pounding · daring · fearlessness · boldness · courage · dopamine · endorphins · euphoria · intensity · impulse
teenagers
People aged thirteen to nineteen
- daredevilReckless risk-taker
- bravadoPretense of fearlessness
- showing-offOstentatious display of skill
viral · filming · summer · holiday · challenge · stunt · group · mates · thrill-seekers
seaside
Coastal recreational area
ocean · waves · tide · currents · saltwater · rockpool · shingle · bluffs · pier · jetty
drowning
Death by water inhalation
spinal · currents · hypothermia · impact · trauma · concussion · fracture · rescue · coastguard · emergency
IPO
First public stock offering
- stockGoods kept for sale
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- dead-stockUnsellable surplus merchandise
plummeting · decline · candlestick · securities · trading · bearish · collapse
- risky activitiesRussian roulette, chicken, cliff diving, bull riding, bungee jumping
- SMTstencil, SOP, leadless, gull wing, feeder
- defectsdefect, flaw, crack, cracks, defective
- PCB designvia, trace, pad, layer, silkscreen
- electrical faultsshort circuit, fault, overcurrent, ground fault, overload
- solderingsolder, soldering iron, soldering station, flux, solder wick
tombstoningswan dive
Arched forward plunge
pike dive · platform diving · Olympic diving · synchronized diving · jackknife
tombstoningland
Earth's solid surface
soft landing · dry land · parachute landing · ground · bungee jumping
monument, headstone, tombstone, gravestone, tombstones, tombstoned