shock stall UK /ˈʃɒk ˌstɔːl/US /ˈʃɑk ˌstɔl/noun 1verb 1forms 5 noun1 •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.When I was down to 32,000 feet the altimeter was spinning merrily and the dive was very steep and I was pulling back on the stick in the usual way due to the change of trim at the shock stall. — 1944 verb1 •Of an aircraft or a component of it: to undergo a shock stall.[A] loss of downwash due to the main wing shock stalling would result in an undesirable diving tendency. — 1947 formsshock stalled · shock stalling · shock-stalling · shock stalls · shock-stalls
