wingover
[ wing-oh-ver ]
/ ˈwɪŋˌoʊ vər /
noun Aeronautics.
an airplane maneuver involving a steep, climbing turn to a near stall, then a sharp drop of the nose, a removal of bank, and a final leveling off in the opposite direction.
Words nearby wingover
winger,
wingless,
winglet,
winglike,
wingman,
wingover,
wings,
wings of the dove, the,
wingspan,
wingspread,
wingsuit
Example sentences from the Web for wingover
It was an excellent underwater imitation of a wingover, the plane maneuver that reversed direction by diving and turning.
The Wailing Octopus |Harold Leland Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for wingover
wingover
/ (ˈwɪŋˌəʊvə) /
noun
a manoeuvre in which the direction of flight of an aircraft is reversed by putting it into a climbing turn until nearly stalled, the nose then being allowed to fall while continuing the turn