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skid
[ skid ]
noun
- a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- one of a number of such logs or timbers forming a skidway.
- a low mobile platform on which goods are placed for ease in handling, moving, etc. Compare stillage.
- a plank, log, low platform, etc., on or by which a load is supported.
- Nautical.
- any of a number of parallel beams or timbers fixed in place as a raised support for boats, spars, etc.
- any of a number of timbers on which a heavy object is placed to be shoved along on rollers or slid.
- an arrangement of planks serving as a runway for cargo.
- an arrangement of planks serving as a fender to protect the side of a vessel during transfer of cargo.
- sidewise motion of a vessel; leeway.
- a shoe or some other choke or drag for preventing the wheel of a vehicle from rotating, as when descending a hill.
- a runner on the under part of some airplanes, enabling the aircraft to slide along the ground when landing.
- an unexpected or uncontrollable sliding on a smooth surface by something not rotating, especially an oblique or wavering veering by a vehicle or its tires:
The bus went into a skid on the icy road.
verb (used with object)
- to place on or slide along a skid.
Synonyms: slip
- to check the motion of with a skid:
She skidded her skates to a stop.
- to cause to go into a skid:
to skid the car into a turn.
verb (used without object)
- to slide along without rotating, as a wheel to which a brake has been applied.
Synonyms: slip
- to slip or slide sideways, as an automobile in turning a corner rapidly.
Synonyms: slither
- to slide forward under the force of momentum after forward motion has been braked, as a vehicle.
- (of an airplane when not banked sufficiently) to slide sideways, away from the center of the curve described in turning. Compare slip 1( def 15 ).
skid
/ skɪd /
verb
- to cause (a vehicle) to slide sideways or (of a vehicle) to slide sideways while in motion, esp out of control
- intr to slide without revolving, as the wheel of a moving vehicle after sudden braking
- tr to put or haul on a skid, esp along a special track
- to cause (an aircraft) to slide sideways away from the centre of a turn when insufficiently banked or (of an aircraft) to slide in this manner
noun
- an instance of sliding, esp sideways
- one of the logs forming a skidway
- a support on which heavy objects may be stored and moved short distances by sliding
- a shoe or drag used to apply pressure to the metal rim of a wheel to act as a brake
- on the skidsin decline or about to fail
Derived Forms
- ˈskiddy, adjective
Other Words From
- skidding·ly adverb
- anti·skidding adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of skid1
Word History and Origins
Origin of skid1
Idioms and Phrases
- on the skids, Slang. in the process of decline or deterioration:
His career is on the skids.
- put the skids under, Informal. to bring about the downfall of; cause to fail:
Lack of money put the skids under our plans.
- the skids, Informal. the downward path to ruin, poverty, or depravity:
After losing his job he began to hit the skids.
More idioms and phrases containing skid
In addition to the idiom beginning with skid , also see on the skids ; put the skids on ; put the skids under .Example Sentences
Investigators later determined that the driver of a Chrysler 300 was traveling at a high rate of speed and skidded into the intersection, hitting a Chevrolet Cruze, injuring the driver, before striking the two pedestrians.
As it landed in the Canadian city, the plane skidded along the runway in flames before flipping over and coming to a halt upside down.
No deaths have been reported after a plane landing in Toronto from the US skidded along the runway and flipped over, with flames visible for a brief time.
"We skidded on our side, then flipped over on our back," he said, adding that "there was a big fire ball out the left side of the plane".
Yet despite overwhelming scientific evidence screaming at us to reverse course, humanity just keeps burning more fossil fuels, skidding past climate goals, and ramping up consumption.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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