Word.ws English Dictionary

skid mark

skid mark noun: a black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.

Noun

skid mark (plural skid marks)

  1. A black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
  2. Any other mark or stain left on a surface from a sliding or rubbing object.
    • The ladder that slipped left a skid mark across the tile floor.
    • The girl had skid marks on the knees of her jeans.
  3. (colloquial, euphemistic, humorous) A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl.
  4. (colloquial) A mark of a soiled finger wiped on a surface.
  5. Any burn on the skin caused by scraping the skin against a surface.

skid mark meaning in Tamil

skid mark in Tamil

சறுக்கல் தடம்

Forms of skid mark

pluralskid marks
alternative formskidmark
alternative formskid-mark

Words formed from skid mark

Questions about skid mark

What does skid mark mean?
Skid mark means a black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
What is skid mark in Tamil?
Skid mark in Tamil is சறுக்கல் தடம். See Skid mark meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is skid mark?
Skid mark is a noun.
What is the plural of skid mark?
The plural of skid mark is skid marks.

Words near skid mark in the dictionary

  1. skid cars
  2. skid flip
  3. skid flips
  4. skid lid
  5. skid lids
  6. skid mark
  7. skid marks
  8. skid road
  9. skid roads
  10. skid row
  11. skid rows

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: skid mark (page history and authors); skid mark (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-skid mark.wav.

Cite this entry: “skid mark.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/skid_mark. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.