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   Skid

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   verb

   • 1. (of a vehicle) slide, typically sideways or obliquely, on slippery ground or as a result of stopping or turning too quickly: "the taxicab skidded to a halt"
   • ▪ slip; slide: "Barbara's foot skidded and she fell to the floor"
   • ▪ cause to skid: "he skidded his car"
   • ▪ move a heavy object on skids: North American "they skidded the logs down the hill to the waterfront"
   • 2. fasten a skid to (a wheel) as a brake.

   noun

   • 1. an act of skidding or sliding: "the Volvo went into a skid"
   • 2. a runner attached to the underside of an aircraft for use when landing on snow or grass.
   • ▪ each of a set of wooden rollers used for moving a log or other heavy object. North American
   • 3. a braking device consisting of a wooden or metal shoe preventing a wheel from revolving.
   • 4. a beam or plank used to support a ship under construction or repair.
   • 5. a young person favoring long hair and dark, unkempt clothing and tending to behave rebelliously: informal Canadian "there are two guys in the band that are total skids and they only listen to metal"

   Word Origin late 17th century (as a noun in the sense ‘supporting beam’): perhaps related to Old Norse skíth (see ski).

   Derivatives

   • 1. skiddy adjective

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   board, plank. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes. noun. a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation. synonyms: brake shoe, shoe.

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   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.

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   skid in British English. (skɪd ) verb Word forms: skids, skidding, skidded. 1. to cause (a vehicle) to slide sideways or (of a vehicle) to slide sideways while in motion, esp out of control. 2. (intransitive) to slide without revolving, as the wheel of a moving vehicle after sudden braking.

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   an unexpected or uncontrollable sliding on a smooth surface by something not rotating, esp. an oblique or wavering veering by a vehicle or its tires: The bus went into a skid on the icy road. Slang Terms on the skids , in the process of decline or deterioration: His career is on the skids.

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   One of a set of peeled logs or timbers, partially sunk into the ground, and forming a roadway along or down which logs are drawn or slid; also, one of the logs forming a skidway (see Compounds ). U.S. 1851. New skids are nicely peeled..and plentifully as well as calculatingly laid along the road.

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    skid meaning: If a vehicle skids, it slides along a surface and you cannot control it: . Learn more.