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skidmark

skidmark is the alternative form of skid mark.

Meaning of skid mark

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.
  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.

Forms of skidmark

pluralskidmarks

Questions about skidmark

What is skidmark the alternative form of?
Skidmark is the alternative form of skid mark.

Words near skidmark in the dictionary

  1. skiddoos
  2. skiddy
  3. Skidegate
  4. Skidi
  5. Skidis
  6. skidmark
  7. skidmarked
  8. skidmarks
  9. Skidmore
  10. Skidmores
  11. skidoo

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