adv
Meaning 1
Without aircraft-engine power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He landed dead stick.
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Phrase guide
dead stick
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noun
Meaning 2
An unpowered propeller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I had to land with a dead stick.
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noun
Meaning 3
Failed aircraft power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often
Examples
- The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield.
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verb
Meaning 4
To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
From stick (“wooden two-bladed propeller”), possibly confounded with stick-like aircraft-engine throttles.