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skiddings

skiddings is the plural of skidding.

Meaning of skidding

Noun

skidding (countable and uncountable, plural skiddings)

  1. The motion of something that skids.
    • When an automobile, for instance, traveled that road, it was with many skiddings in the sand on the turns, which it must take circumspectly if the driver did not care for the rocky, uneven floor of the desert itself.1917, B. M. Bower, Starr of the Desert, page 57
    Synonyms:
    skid
  2. The logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest.

Questions about skiddings

What is skiddings the plural of?
Skiddings is the plural of skidding.

Words near skiddings in the dictionary

  1. skiddiest
  2. skiddily
  3. skiddiness
  4. skidding
  5. skiddingly
  6. skiddings
  7. skiddish
  8. skiddles
  9. skiddly
  10. skiddoo
  11. skiddooed

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