Dead-Stick Retrieve is where the rod tip remains stationary leaving the lure in one place. The lure action, if any, is from any current that is in the water. The lure is suspended in one place or rests on the bottom. Typically in high lure visibility scenarios. Dead Sticking is also commonly introduced as a secondary action. 

Aliases and Comparisons:

• Tight Lining and Moping: Generally refers to dead-sticking a jighead minnow suspended over bass.
• Soaking: Some use the term soaking to refer to a lure staying in one location for an extended period of time. 
• Do Nothing: Some just refer to dead-sticking as doing nothing.
• Dead Stick vs a Pause in a Retrieve: Dead stick typically is used to describe a motionless rod and lure or a lure that is moved by current. A pause is generally used to describe stopping the retrieve and letting the lure either descend to the bottom or remain motionless for a short period of time to trigger a reaction bite.