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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024skid /skɪd/USA pronunciation n., v., skid•ded, skid•ding. n. [countable] - Buildinga plank, bar, etc., esp. one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid along.
- a low moveable platform on which goods are placed for ease in handling, moving, etc.
- an unexpected or uncontrollable slide on a smooth surface, esp. sideways:The car went into a skid on the ice.
v. - to (cause to) slip or slide, esp. sideways: [no object]Her feet were skidding on the icy pavement.[~ + object]He accidentally skidded the car into a fence.
- to weaken or begin to fail:[no object]The team skidded, losing its last five games.
Idioms- Idioms the skids, the downward path to ruin, failure, etc.:Our team hit the skids.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024skid (skid),USA pronunciation n., v., skid•ded, skid•ding. n. - Buildinga plank, bar, log, or the like, esp. one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- Buildingone 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. Cf. stillage.
- Buildinga plank, log, low platform, etc., on or by which a load is supported.
- Nautical, Naval Terms
- 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.
- Aeronauticsa 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, 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.
- Informal Terms put the skids under, to bring about the downfall of;
cause to fail:Lack of money put the skids under our plans. - Informal Terms the skids, the downward path to ruin, poverty, or depravity:After losing his job he began to hit the skids.
v.t. - to place on or slide along a skid.
- 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.
v.i. - to slide along without rotating, as a wheel to which a brake has been applied.
- to slip or slide sideways, as an automobile in turning a corner rapidly.
- to slide forward under the force of momentum after forward motion has been braked, as a vehicle.
- Aeronautics(of an airplane when not banked sufficiently) to slide sideways, away from the center of the curve described in turning. Cf. slip 1 (def. 15).
- Old Norse skith (noun, nominal), cognate with Old English scīd thin slip of wood; see ski
- 1600–10; 1925–30 for def. 11; apparently
- 12, 15.See corresponding entry in Unabridged slip.
- 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged slither.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: skid /skɪd/ vb (skids, skidding, skidded)- to cause (a vehicle) to slide sideways or (of a vehicle) to slide sideways while in motion, esp out of control
- (intransitive) to slide without revolving, as the wheel of a moving vehicle after sudden braking
n - an instance of sliding, esp sideways
- 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
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare ski |