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dead stick

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English

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Etymology

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From stick (wooden two-bladed propeller), possibly confounded with stick-like aircraft-engine throttles.

Noun

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dead stick (plural dead sticks)

  1. An unpowered propeller.
    I had to land with a dead stick.
  2. (often used attributively) Failed aircraft power.
    The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield.

Adverb

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dead stick (not comparable)

  1. Without aircraft-engine power.
    He landed dead stick.

Verb

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dead stick (third-person singular simple present dead sticks, present participle dead sticking, simple past and past participle dead sticked)

  1. To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.

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