skid /skid/

1. To slide along without rotating, as does a wheel to which a brake has been applied
2. To slip, esp sideways
3. (of an aeroplane) to slide sideways when banking
4. To slip or slide losing grip or traction

1. To check with a skid
2. To cause to skid

1. A side-slip
2. A skidding
3. A support on which something rests, is brought to the desired level, or slides
4. An aeroplane runner
5. A ship's wooden fender
6. A shoe or other device to check a wheel on a down-slope

skiddˈer noun

1. A person or thing that skids
2. A tractor with thick tyres used for hauling logs (forestry)

skiddˈy adjective

skid lid noun (slang)

A crash-helmet

skid mark noun

1. The black trace left on a road surface by the tyre of a skidding vehicle
2. (vulgar sl) a faecal stain on one's underwear

skid pan or skid pad noun

A piece of slippery ground on which motorists can learn to control a skidding car

skidˈpan noun (slang)

A drag for a wheel (also figurative)

skidˈproof adjective

(of a road surface, tyre, etc) designed to prevent skids

skid road noun (N American)

1. A road covered with greased logs over which timber can be hauled
2. Same as skid row below

skid row noun (esp N American)

A squalid quarter where vagrants, drunks, etc live

put the skids on or under (slang)

1. To cause to hurry
2. To put a stop to, thwart

the skids (figurative; informal)

A downward path

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