dead stick
dead stick noun: an unpowered propeller.
Noun
dead stick (plural dead sticks)
- An unpowered propeller.
- I had to land with a dead stick.
- Failed aircraft power.
- The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield.
Adverb
dead stick (not comparable)
- Without aircraft-engine power.
- He landed dead stick.
Verb
dead stick (third-person singular simple present dead sticks, present participle dead sticking, simple past and past participle dead sticked)
- To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.
dead stick meaning in Tamil
dead stick in Tamil
- சுழற்சி நின்ற உந்தி
Forms of dead stick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dead sticks |
| alternative form | deadstick |
| alternative form | dead-stick |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dead sticks |
| present participle | dead sticking |
| past participle | dead sticked |
| past | dead sticked |
Origin of dead stick
From stick (“wooden two-bladed propeller”), possibly confounded with stick-like aircraft-engine throttles.
Questions about dead stick
- What does dead stick mean?
- Dead stick means an unpowered propeller.
- What is dead stick in Tamil?
- Dead stick in Tamil is சுழற்சி நின்ற உந்தி. See Dead stick meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dead stick?
- Dead stick can be a noun, an adverb or a verb.
- What is the plural of dead stick?
- The plural of dead stick is dead sticks.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dead stick (page history and authors); dead stick (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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