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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:
- 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:
- to slip or slide sideways, as an automobile in turning a corner rapidly.
Synonyms:
- 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
/ ²õ°ìɪ»å /
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
- ˈ²õ°ì¾±»å»å²â, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ°ì¾±»åd¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
- ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·²õ°ì¾±»åd¾±²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of skid1
˜yÐÄvlog 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
And the changes were not enough to stop Hamilton's car wearing the skid blocks too much.
Formula 1 cars have skid blocks in the floor that are meant to ensure that the car maintains a certain ride height and does not run too low.
Department investigators are looking at skid marks and other evidence to put together a better picture of what happened, Sheriff Shannon Dicus said during a Tuesday press conference.
"I don't see a lot of people putting the skids on this, except lots of lawsuits that we're seeing and injunctions," he said.
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.
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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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