Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually intentional stall in which a small aircraft enters a vertical climb, pauses, slips backward momentarily, then drops nose downward.
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- noun A
stall of an aircraft in near-vertical climb, followed by slip-back, before the nose turns toward the ground, sometimes an intentionalstunt .
Etymologies
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whip + stall
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Examples
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Fletcher's whipstall at the top was all the worse for his rage and fury at failing.
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull Bach, Richard, 1936- 1972
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Fletchers whipstall at the top was all the worse for his rage and fury at falling.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970
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Fletchers whipstall at the top was all the worse for his rage and fury at falling.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970
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