skid
/ˈskɪd/
skid noun: an out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
Noun (1)
skid (plural skids)
- An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
- Near-synonyms: wheelslide, sideslip
- Just before hitting the guardrail the driver regained control and pulled out of the skid.
- Synonyms:
- skidding, wheelslide, sideslip
- A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill.
- A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
- A runner of a sled.
- In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.
- A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
- Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equipped with long skids for snow and ice landings.
- A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.
- He unloaded six skids of boxes from the truck.
- A pallet.
- One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
- His head was away up in the shadows of lifeboats that stood on skids above the deck.1897, Joseph Conrad, Niger of the Narcissus
- If the boat had been further out, we could not get to work at the wheel without beaching her further up; or either dry docking her or putting her on skids.1882, New York Court of Appeals
- A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
- A losing streak.
- The team snapped a 3-game skid with a win over their biggest rival.
Verb (1)
skid (third-person singular simple present skids, present participle skidding, simple past and past participle skidded)
- (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
- To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.
- They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street.
- To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
- Don't use excessive rudder when turning, especially at low airspeed, as this causes your plane to skid through the turn, which can cause you to very rapidly enter a spin if the inner wing stalls.
- Because of the jammed ailerons, the pilot had to use careful rudder inputs to skid his plane in order to turn it so he could get lined up with the runway.
- To protect or support with a skid or skids.
- To cause to move on skids.
- To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
- The horses stopped to breathe again, and the guard got down to skid the wheel for the descent, and open the coach-door to let the passengers in1859, Charles Dickens, “The Mail”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book I (Recalled to Life), page 4
Noun (2)
skid (plural skids)
- A stepchild.
Noun (3)
skid (plural skids)
- A script kiddie.
- […] it is something that differentiates an elite hacker from skids (script kiddies).2022, Anas Zakir, Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics, page 105
Verb (2)
skid (third-person singular simple present skids, present participle skidding, simple past and past participle skidded)
- To steal or copy, especially computer code.
Noun (4)
skid (plural skids)
- A sovereign (old coin).
skid meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
skid in Hindi
- स्किड, स्किड करें, स्किड करना
skid in Marathi
- स्किड करा, स्किड, स्किड करण्यासाठी
skid in Urdu
- سکڈ
skid in Bengali
- স্কিড, স্কিড করুন, স্কিড করতে
More languagesFewer languages
- skid in Telugu
- స్కిడ్, స్కిడ్ చేయండి
- skid in Malayalam
- താങ്ങ്, ആധാരം, കപ്പലിൻറെ തീമറ, തെന്നിച്ചരിക്കുക
- skid in Kannada
- ಜಾರುಹಲಗೆ, ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಜಾರು, ಉರುಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಹೊರಳು
- skid in Punjabi
- ਸਕਿੱਡ, ਸਕਿੱਡ ਕਰੋ
- skid in Gujarati
- સ્કિડ, સ્કિડ કરો, સ્કિડ કરવા માટે
- skid in Odia
- ସ୍କିଡ କରନ୍ତୁ, ସ୍କିଡ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ, ସ୍କିଡ
- skid in Nepali
- स्किड, स्किड गर्नुहोस्, स्किड गर्दै
- skid in Persian
- بکسوات boksovât, شکوخیدن šekuxidan
Examples of skid in a sentence
- He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car.
- The ladder that slipped left a skid mark across the tile floor.
- The girl had skid marks on the knees of her jeans.
Synonyms of skid
Forms of skid
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | skids |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | skids |
| present participle | skidding |
| past participle | skidded |
| past | skidded |
Origin of skid
From Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”). Doublet of ski.
Shortening of stepkid.
Shortened from script kiddie, probably via skiddie.
Words formed from skid
Phrases with skid
Words that rhyme with skid
Questions about skid
- What does skid mean?
- Skid means an out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
- What is skid in Hindi?
- Skid in Hindi is स्किड, स्किड करें, स्किड करना. See Skid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is skid?
- Skid can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce skid?
- Skid is pronounced /ˈskɪd/.
- What is the plural of skid?
- The plural of skid is skids.
Words near skid in the dictionary
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