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whipstall

[hwip-stawl, wip-]

noun

a stall during a vertical climb in which the nose of the airplane falls forward and downward in a whiplike movement.

verb (used with object)

to cause (an aircraft) to undergo whipstall.

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verb (used without object)

(of an aircraft) to undergo whipstall.

Origin:
1920–25; whip + stall¹

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whipstall (ˈwɪpˌstɔːl)

—n
	a stall in which an aircraft goes into a nearly vertical climb, pauses, slips backwards momentarily, and drops suddenly with its nose down

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