whipstall

whipstall
/hwip"stawl', wip"-/, Aeron.
n.
1. a stall during a vertical climb in which the nose of the airplane falls forward and downward in a whiplike movement.
v.t.
2. to cause (an aircraft) to undergo whipstall.
v.i.
3. (of an aircraft) to undergo whipstall.
[1920-25; WHIP + STALL1]

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whipˈstall noun (aeronautics)
A stall as the result of which the nose of the aircraft whips forward and down
intransitive verb and transitive verb
To go, or put, into such a stall
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Main Entry: ↑whip

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