(historical) A person who would stand and read books at a bookstall without buying them.

plural of shock-stall

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shock-stall (alternative form of shock stalls)

plural of shock stall

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shock stall

Alternative form of shock stall

Alternative form of shock stall

(aviation) A stall (“sudden loss of lift”) caused when the airflow over an aircraft's wings is disturbed by shock waves that occurs at a specific Mach number when the aircraft is accelerating to transonic speeds.

(intransitive, aviation) Of an aircraft or a component of it: to undergo a shock stall.

Alternative form of shock-stalled