Meanings
nounstick time (countable and uncountable, plural stick times)
plural stick times
- countableuncountableaeronauticsThe amount of time that a pilot has spent flying.
Few pilots there matched his stick time.
2011, Michael D. Mullins, Out of the Mist, Memories of War, page 135
Origin
In reference to the control joystick.
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stick time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stick%20time
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