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deadstick

deadstick verb: to land an aircraft without power.

Verb

deadstick (third-person singular simple present deadsticks, present participle deadsticking, simple past and past participle deadsticked)

  1. To land an aircraft without power.
  2. To present the lure either by casting or a vertical drop and allow the bait to remain motionless for an extended period before retrieval.

Adjective

deadstick (not comparable)

  1. Describing the landing of an aircraft with no power from the engines.

Forms of deadstick

third-person singular presentdeadsticks
present participledeadsticking
past participledeadsticked
pastdeadsticked
alternative formdead stick
alternative formdead-stick

Origin of deadstick

From dead + stick.

Words formed from deadstick

Phrases with deadstick

Questions about deadstick

What does deadstick mean?
Deadstick means to land an aircraft without power.
What part of speech is deadstick?
Deadstick can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of deadstick?
The past tense of deadstick is deadsticked.

Words near deadstick in the dictionary

  1. deadspots
  2. deadstart
  3. deadstarted
  4. deadstarting
  5. deadstarts
  6. deadstick
  7. deadstick landing
  8. deadstick landings
  9. deadsticked
  10. deadsticking
  11. deadsticks

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