Usually means: Flying aircraft without engine power.
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  1. dead stick: Merriam-Webster
  2. dead stick: Wiktionary
  3. dead-stick: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dead stick)

noun:  An unpowered propeller.
noun:  (often used attributively) Failed aircraft power.
adverb:  Without aircraft-engine power.
verb:  To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.

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