1. dead stick - Noun
2. dead stick - Verb
3. dead stick - Adverb
An unpowered propeller.
I had to land with a dead stick.
(often used attributively) Failed aircraft power.
The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield.
dead stick (not comparable)
Without aircraft-engine power.
He landed dead stick.
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.